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- ↑ "Hurston/Wright Legacy Award", Hurston/Wright Foundation.
- ↑ "Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2018 nominees announced", James Murua's Literature Blog, July 4, 2018.
- ↑ "Hurston/Wright Foundation | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award". www.hurstonwright.org. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
- ↑ "Merit Awards", Hurston Wright Foundation.
- ↑ "North Star to Freedom (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-28.