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- ↑ "Boston School Committee Presidents" (PDF). bostonpublicschools.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Election Department. Boston [Election Dept.] 1968. p. 46.
- ↑ Taylor, Steven J. L. (1998). Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. p. 77. ISBN 9780791439197.
- ↑ "Boston School Official Is Cleared in Kickback". Associated Press. October 12, 1981. Retrieved 27 June 2011.