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- 1 2 Gottschild, Brenda D. (2016). Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance. Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 978-1-137-51235-2 . Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- 1 2 Patri Warren, Charmaine. Dance Women/Living Legends, 1997.
- ↑ "Joan Myers Brown", Philadanco.
- ↑ "President Obama to Award 2012 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal", The White House, July 3, 2013.