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- ↑ "King Cole Trio on Ciggie Show". The California Eagle. 19 Aug 1948. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
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- ↑ "Sepia Firm Finishes First Film". California Eagle. 26 Aug 1948. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ↑ "Norwanda Productions to Release First All-Sepia Full-Length Pic". The California Eagle. 14 Oct 1948. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ Leyda, Julia (2016). American Mobilities: Geographies of Class, Race, and Gender in US Culture. Columbia University Press.
- ↑ Richards, Larry (2015-09-17). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1052-8.
- ↑ Cripps, Thomas (1993). Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507669-1.
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