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- ↑ "princess anne county training school union kempsville high school alumni and friends association, inc" . Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ↑ Harki, Gary A (22 September 2018). "Eighty years later, students from Virginia Beach's first black high school remember" . Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ↑ "The History of Princess Anne County Training School and Union Kempsville High School Princess Anne County/Virginia Beach, Virginia 1925-1969" . Retrieved 20 December 2018.