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- ↑ University of Virginia. "Adult years of T. J. Sellers". Race and Place. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ↑ "The Roanoke Tribune, LLC | Making and Recording Black History since 1939". theroanoketribune.org. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
- ↑ Alexander, F. E. (6 January 1951). "Are We Ready for Total Abolition of Racial Segregation?". Charlottesville Tribune.
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