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- ↑ "History – Mt. Olive Cemetery".
- ↑ "JSU awarded nearly $500,000 grant by National Park Service for Mt. Olive Cemetery | Jackson State Newsroom".
- 1 2 Registration form National Register of Historic Places
- 1 2 Anderson, Roslyn (2017-11-18). "Mt. Olive Cemetery, resting place of slaves, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places" . Retrieved 2022-12-21.
