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- ↑ Hodding Carter dies, The Bulletin - Apr 5, 1972
- ↑ Bias Fighting Editor, Hodding Carter Dies, The Milwaukee Journal - Apr 5, 1972
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- ↑ Greenville Delta Democrat-Times, September 5, 1963
