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- ↑ Snow, David B. "Former Paducah mayor earns award from NAACP". The Paducah Sun. Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
- ↑ Hardin, John A. (2014-10-17). Fifty Years of Segregation: Black Higher Education in Kentucky, 1904-1954. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-8131-5897-6.
- ↑ "Brown, Curlee Sr. ·". Notable Kentucky African Americans Database. Archived from the original on 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
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- ↑ "Campbellsvillian named to KY Civil Rights Hall of Fame". Columbia Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-07.