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- ↑ "Micheaux's Latest Picture Coming To Lafayette Theater". The New York Age. November 19, 1927. p. 6 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Smith, Grace (September 19, 1927). "The Millionaire" – via memory.loc.gov.
- ↑ Lindsay Patterson (1975). Black Films and Film-makers: A Comprehensive Anthology from Stereotype to Superhero. Dodd, Mead. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-396-06843-3.
- ↑ "Letter: Macon, Georgia to Oscar Micheaux, Chicago, Illinois, 1927 Sept. 20 - Digital Library of Georgia". dlg.usg.edu.
