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- ↑ Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal.
- ↑ "Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present | Coretta Scott King Roundtable". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ↑ "Charlotte Zolotow Award Books". Cooperative Children's Book Center. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
