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- ↑ Valerio, William R. (2015). We speak: Black artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s. Philadelphia: Woodmere Art Museum. p. 198. ISBN 9781888008005.
- ↑ Gold, Sylviane (February 26, 2011). "An Alchemy of Color and Craft". The New York Times. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ↑ "We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s". Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- ↑ "Church Wait". Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Retrieved July 13, 2022.