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References
- 1 2 Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867 - 1924 by Canter Brown Jr. University of Alabama Pres (1998) page 141
- 1 2 Dickerson, Dennis C. (December 1, 2010). African American Preachers and Politics: The Careys of Chicago. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781604734287 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Brown, Canter (January 23, 1998). Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817309152 – via Google Books.
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