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- ↑ Yates, James (11 December 2019). "Biography". Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives.
- ↑ Yates, James (1989). Mississippi to Madrid. Seattle, Washington: Open Hand Publishing Inc. pp. 1–78. ISBN 0940880199.
- ↑ Yates, James (11 December 2019). "Biography". Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives.
- ↑ "James Yates, 87, Head of NAACP Chapter". The New York Times. 11 November 1993.
- ↑ Yates, James (1989). Mississippi to Madrid. Seattle, Washington: Open Hand Publishing Inc. pp. 100–161. ISBN 0940880199.
- ↑ "James Yates, 87, Head of NAACP Chapter". The New York Times. 11 November 1993.