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- ↑ "Farm workers advocate Margarita Romo named to Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame". Tampa Bay Times.
- ↑ "CS/HB 523 — Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame" (PDF). May 11, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Laws of Florida, Chapter 2010-53 / Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 523" (PDF). 2010.
- ↑ "Governor Ron DeSantis Selects Three Inductees to the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame".
- ↑ "Inductees Into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame". The Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame.
- ↑ "Dr. Arnett Elyus Girardeau, Jr". The Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame.