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- ↑ "Tom Gilmore oral history interview, 1996 September 29 | J. Murrey Atkins Library | UNC Charlotte". library.uncc.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-07-27.
- ↑ "North Carolina Manual". 1977.
- ↑ Winston-Salem Journal
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