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- ↑ "St Ann's riot: The changing face of race relations, 60 years on". BBC News. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ↑ Cousins, Emily (30 August 2010). "Nottingham Riots (1958)". Black Past.
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