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- 1 2 "Restoration Ministries Christian Academy" (Archive). Restoration Ministries of the Apostolic Faith. Retrieved on September 5, 2015.
- ↑ Carr, Sarah. "In Southern Towns, 'Segregation Academies' Are Still Going Strong." The Atlantic . December 13, 2012. Retrieved on March 29, 2013. "Tradition and history partly explain why the scholarships aren't more widely utilized: Black families know their children could be isolated and shunned at the academy, and those with the means and desire to avoid the public schools have long relied on other -- more historically welcoming -- private schools, including a tiny, nearly all-black Christian academy in Indianola." - The article does not mention RMCA by name, but there is only one other private school in Indianola, Mississippi.
- ↑ Scrivener, Jamie R. "Restoration Ministries’ May Day." The Enterprise-Tocsin . Wednesday May 6, 2015. Retrieved on September 5, 2015.
