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- ↑ Chappell, Bill (August 1, 2011). "S.C. Loses Civil Rights Legend Judge Matthew Perry". NPR.
- 1 2 Rubin, Hyman (2017). "Reviewed work: All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968. Southern Legal Studies, W. Lewis Burke". The South Carolina Historical Magazine. 118 (4): 323–325. JSTOR 45283248 – via JSTOR.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Dale, Elizabeth (2002-05-01). "At Freedom's Door: African American Founding Fathers and Lawyers in Reconstruction South Carolina". Journal of Southern History. 68 (2): 471–473. doi:10.2307/3069974. JSTOR 3069974.
- ↑ Underwood, James Lowell; Burke, William Lewis (2005-04-05). At Freedom's Door – HFS Books. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-586-9.
- ↑ "Book Reviews: 'Matthew J. Perry' Edited by W. Lewis Burke and Belinda F. Gergel". Florence Morning News. 2004-05-30. p. 30. Retrieved 2024-07-09– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "History Lecture Series: "William J. Whipper and Jonathan Jasper Wright: Beaufort and South Carolina's First Civil Rights Lawyers" with W. Lewis Burke". Beaufort History Museum. February 7, 2019. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
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