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- ↑ Thompson, Julius Eric (2001). Black Life in Mississippi: Essays on Political, Social, and Cultural Studies in a Deep South State. University Press of America. p. 28. ISBN 9780761819226.
- ↑ Houck, Davis W.; Grindy, Matthew A. (2008). Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 8. ISBN 9781604733044.
- ↑ Beito, David T.; Beito, Linda Royster (2009). Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power. University of Illinois Press. pp. 105–106. ISBN 9780252034206.
- ↑ "Crusading Publisher Who Fled Mississippi In Casket Dies; Returns For Burial". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 1988-05-16. p. 64.
- ↑ Shakoor, Jordana Y. (2010-12-01). Civil Rights Childhood. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 73. ISBN 9781617030925.
- ↑ Thompson, Julius Eric (2007). Lynchings in Mississippi: A History, 1865-1965. McFarland. p. 149. ISBN 9780786427222.
- ↑ Simmons, Charles A. (2006-01-17). The African American Press: A History of News Coverage During National Crises, with Special Reference to Four Black Newspapers, 1827-1965. McFarland. p. 63. ISBN 9780786426072.
- ↑ Thompson, Julius Eric (1994). Percy Greene and the Jackson advocate: the life and times of a radical conservative black newspaperman, 1897-1977. McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub. p. 181. ISBN 9780786400157.
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