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- ↑ "African American newspapers - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org.
- ↑ "The American Citizen (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909". Library of Congress.
- ↑ Cunningham, Roger D. (July 1, 2008). The Black Citizen-soldiers of Kansas, 1864-1901. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826266507 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Sachsman, David B.; Rushing, S. Kittrell; Morris (Jr.), Roy (July 1, 2009). Seeking a Voice: Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press. Purdue University Press. ISBN 9781557535085 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Cox, Thomas C. (March 1, 1999). Blacks in Topeka Kansas, 1865–1915: A Social History. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807124222 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The Negro and Populism: A Kansas Case Study". Ardent Media – via Google Books.
- ↑ Glasrud, Bruce A. (January 1, 2009). African Americans on the Great Plains: An Anthology. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0803226890 – via Google Books.