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- ↑ Lupack, Barbara Tepa (November 8, 2013). Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253010728 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 McCann, Bob (December 21, 2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 9780786458042 – via Google Books.
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