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- ↑ "Home". Hyde County Schools. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
Hyde County Schools 1430 Main Street Swan Quarter, NC 27885
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cecelski, David S. (2000-11-09). Along Freedom Road: Hyde County, North Carolina, and the Fate of Black Schools in the South. University of North Carolina Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780807860731.
- ↑ Cecelski, David S. (2000-11-09). Along Freedom Road: Hyde County, North Carolina, and the Fate of Black Schools in the South. University of North Carolina Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780807860731.
- ↑ "Preserving history the focus of alumni clubs, reunions". Washington Daily News. 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
