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- ↑ "Emerson Institute Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ↑ "Emerson Institute, Mobile, Alabama Faculty 1922-'23 | Tulane University Digital Library". digitallibrary.tulane.edu.
- ↑ "Emerson Institute, Mobile, Ala , teachers and students | Tulane University Digital Library". digitallibrary.tulane.edu.
- ↑ "Q125167 - Q125175". digital.archives.alabama.gov.
- ↑ "Catalog of the Emerson Normal and Industrial Institute in Mobile, Alabama". Umbra Search African American History.
- ↑ ""Emerson Normal Institute" by Dr. A. T. Burnell". Umbra Search African American History.
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