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- ↑ "Noble and George Johnson -The Lincoln Motion Picture Company". normanstudios.org. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ↑ Michaels, Camille R. (July 15, 2017). African Americans in Film: Issues of Race in Hollywood. Greenhaven Publishing LLC. ISBN 9781534560819 – via Google Books.
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