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- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 85–86. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ Lehman, Christopher P. (2001). "The New Black Animated Images of 1946". Journal of Popular Film & Television. 29 (2). ISSN 0195-6051.
- ↑ "The George Pal Site: John Henry and the Inky-Poo". www.awn.com.
- ↑ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "John Henry And The Inky-Poo (Paramount Pictures)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).[ dead link ]
- ↑ "2015 National Film Registry: "Ghostbusters" Gets the Call: "Top Gun", "L.A. Confidential" and Edison's "Sneeze" Among Film Additions". Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ↑ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- 1 2 Sampson, Henry T. (1998). That's Enough, Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960. Scarecrow Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0810832503.
