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- ↑ "McLaurin family collection". New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
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- ↑ Levy, David W. (September 10, 2020). Breaking Down Barriers: George McLaurin and the Struggle to End Segregated Education. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806167855 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Phillips, Kimberley L. (January 1, 2012). War! what is it Good For?: Black Freedom Struggles and the U.S. Military from World War II to Iraq. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807835029 – via Google Books.
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