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- 1 2 "Colorado County Historical Markers". www.coloradocountyhistory.org.
- ↑ "Oakland Normal School". Texas Historical Markers.
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- ↑ Kletzing, Henry F.; Crogman, William Henry (November 23, 1898). "Progress of a Race, Or The Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro: From the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust". J.L. Nichols – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The Southern Workman". 1902.