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- ↑ Andrew Bunie (June 1974). Robert L. Vann of the Pittsburgh courier: politics and Black journalism. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-8229-3274-1.
- ↑ "Ira Foster Lewis". The Journal of Negro History. 33 (4): 503–504. October 1, 1948. doi:10.1086/JNHv33n4p503. S2CID 224831158 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
- ↑ "Black History...The Trinity that led the Pittsburgh Courier to greatness". New Pittsburgh Courier. February 20, 2015.
- ↑ MacGregor, Morris J.; History, Center of Military (December 18, 1981). Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160019258 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Letter from Pittsburgh Courier to W. E. B. Du Bois, April 19, 1937". credo.library.umass.edu.
- ↑ "CMOA Collection". collection.cmoa.org.
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