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- ↑ Political Empowerment of Illinois' African-American State Lawmakers from 1877 to 2005. University Press of America. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7618-4018-3.
- ↑ Williams, Erma Brooks (2008). Political Empowerment of Illinois' African-American State Lawmakers from 1877 to 2005. University Press of America. ISBN 9780761840183.
- ↑ The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929. University of Illinois Press. 15 April 2011. ISBN 978-0-252-09317-3.
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