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- ↑ "Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators". le.utah.gov. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ↑ Richard E. Turley and Jeffrey G. Cannon, "A Faithful Band: Moses Mahlungu and the Soweto Saints", in BYU Studies Quarterly