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^Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians (re: "Ladnier, Thomas"), by Eileen Jackson Southern (1920–2002), Greenwood Press (1982), p. 236; LCCN 81-2586; OCLC 902119012; ISBN 0-313-21339-9 (borrowable online via Internet Archive)
Her sources:
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Vol. 19, No. 1, January 11, 1952, p. 16
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