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- ↑ "Church, Robert Reed, Sr. (1839-1912)". The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed. 19 November 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ Report of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the National Negro Business League. 1911. pp. 179–181.
- ↑ Hamilton, Green Polonius (1911). Beacon lights of the race. E. H. Clarke & brother. p. 365 – via Internet Archive.
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