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- ↑ "Alumni Association fighting to save Carver Gym". December 21, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ↑ Clairday, Corey (December 24, 2015). "Marked Tree Council throws out option to tear down Carver Gym" . Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Remembrances in Black: Personal Perspectives of the African American Experience at the University of Arkansas, 1940s-2000s" . Retrieved December 12, 2018.