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- 1 2 3 Plott, William (2015). The Negro Southern League: A Baseball History, 1920-1951. McFarland & Company, Inc.
- ↑ "Negro "Minor" League Teams" (PDF). www.cnlbr.org. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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