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- ↑ Bradley, David Henry (March 9, 2020). A History of the A. M. E. Zion Church, Part 2: 1872-1968. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 9781532688270 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Gilmore, Glenda Elizabeth (January 9, 2019). Gender and Jim Crow, Second Edition: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469652030 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The Star of Zion newspaper now on DigitalNC".
- ↑ "The Star of Zion". The Star of Zion. May 30, 1876. OCLC 7782712 – via Open WorldCat.
