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- ↑ "The Voter's Self Defense System".
- ↑ "North Carolina manual [serial]".
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - NC State House 39 Race - Nov 02, 2004".
- ↑ Pacewicz, Josh (2016-11-18). Partisans and Partners: The Politics of the Post-Keynesian Society. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226402727.
- ↑ Wilson, John K. (2015-11-30). Patriotic Correctness: Academic Freedom and Its Enemies. Routledge. ISBN 9781317254706.
- ↑ Page, Clarence (2014-09-09). Culture Worrier: Selected Columns 1984–2014: Reflections on Race, Politics and Social Change. Agate Publishing. ISBN 9781572847422.
