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References
- ↑ Joshua, Bloom; Martin, Waldo (2016). Black Against Empire: The History And Politics Of The Black Panther Party. University of California Press. p. 41.
- ↑ Scot Brown, Fighting for US: Maulana Karenga, the US Organization, and Black Cultural Nationalism NYU Press, 2003
- ↑ James Edward Smethurst, The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s, University of North Carolina Press, 2005
- ↑ Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin Jr. Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, Univ of California Press, Oct 25, 2016
- ↑ Freedom North: Black Freedom Struggles Outside the South, 1940-1980 J. Theoharis, K. Woodard, Springer, Mar 5, 2016
- ↑ Jessie Carney Smith, Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events, Visible Ink Press, Dec 1, 2012
- ↑ Scot Brown, US: Maulana Karenga, the US Organization, and Black Cultural Nationalism NYU Press, 2003
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