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- ↑ Barbara J. Kukla (1 March 2002). Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50. Rutgers University Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-8135-3116-8.
- ↑ Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50 Barbara J. Kukla Page 240 Key Club
- ↑ The Baltimore Afro-American March 23, 1973 Rites For Walter Dawkins, Suicide In His Club
- ↑ Barbara J. Kukla (2005). Defying the Odds: Triumphant Black Women of Newark. Swing City Press. ISBN 978-0-9768130-0-2.
- ↑ "'A Tribute to Newark Jazz Clubs' unveiled". Essex News Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
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