1. Haddix, Charles, “The Life and Music of Charlie Parker Bird”, Pg. 2
2. Haddix, C. Pg. 2
3. Blackpast.org
4. Kansasmason.org
5. Cunningham, D. Roger, “The black citizen-soldiers of Kansas”, 1864 - 1901, Pg. 58
6. Loch Amy, director of Wyandotte County Museum, 2021
7. The Origins of The Civil Rights Movements, African American History (Northeast), Wyandotte Historical Society
8. https://www.kcur.org/community/2019-02-21/black-history-in-kansas-city-kansas-how-downtown-was-desegregated
9. Wyandotte County Heritage Exhibit, Wyandotte County Museum
10. Wyandotte County Heritage Exhibit, Wyandotte County Museum
11. Hancks, L.K., “Quindaro and Western University Historic District”
12. kshs.org
13. kshs.org
14. blackpast. org, 2021
15. H.W. Brands, “The Zealot and the Emancipator”, 2021, Pg. 151
16. Hope, Anthony, “President of Old Quindaro Museum”, 2021
17. A History of Black Education in Kansas City, Kansas, Boone, & African American History (Northeast)
18. blackpast.org, 2021
19. “A place called Quindaro”, Pg. 25
20. Sortor Interview, 1999
21. Quindaro Underground Railroad” A Unique Ethnic Unity in America’s Past, Dr. Collins, Steve & Collins, Dorothy, Pg. 21-22
22. Rupert, February 1983
23. Collins, Pg. 23
24. Smith, Luther, 2021
25. “A Place called Quindaro”: Interpreting Stories of Faith, Hope, and Enduring Struggle for Freedom. Developed by the Interpretation Committee of the Quindaro National Landmark Application Project, pg. 5
26. Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict,1855-1865, KSHistory.org
27. Hofstra, 2017 & The Interpretation Committee of the Quandary National Landmark
28. A place called Quindaro, pg. 4
29. A place called Quindaro, pg. 4
30. “A place called Quindaro, pg. 6
31. Banks, Will, “Recognition at Last, The Quindaro Townsite”, & “A Place called Quindaro, Pg. 27-28
32. Seager, Richard and Herweijer, Celine, “Causes and Consequences of nineteenth century drought on North America.” The Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, www.ocp.ideo.columbia.edu, & “A Place called Quindaro”, Pg. 28
33. Farley, & “A place called Quindaro”, pg. 6
34. Hofstra, 2016 & “A place called Quindaro, pg. 6
35. Handpicks, “Quindaro and the Western University Historic District”, & “A Place called Quindaro, pg. 7
36. Hanck, Larry K. Quindaro and Western University Historic District, & “A Place called Quindaro, pg. 8
37. Hofstra, 2016, & “A place called Quindaro, pg. 27
38. Blackwell and Oertel, Frontier, Feminist, p. 174
39. McNamara, In peril, 152
40. Etchison, Great Principle, 22
41. Sheridan, From Slavery in Missouri, 30 kansasboguslegislature.org
42. The Sumner Story
43. Northeast Area, Wyandotte County Historical Society
44. The Man Behind the Baton- Foster
45. https://m.facebook.com/wycomuseum/posts/5785097194849317).
46. “Recognition, at Last - The Quindaro Townsite, & “A Place called Quindaro, Pg. 45
47. vernoncenterkck.org, 2021
48. vernoncenterkck.org, 2021
49. Blackpast.org, 2021
50. www.sos.mo.gov, 2021
51. Novak, 1896:11; Eickhoff, 2006: 134-144
52. Collins, Steve and Dorthy, “Quindaro Underground Railroad”
53. blackpast.org, 2021
54. “A place called Quindaro”, Pg. 45
55. blackpast.org, 2021
56. “A place called Quindaro, Pg. 45”
57. blackpast.org, 2021
58. “A place called Quandario”, Pg. 49
59. Blackpast.org
60. https://www.communityvoiceks.com/news/featured_stories/kansan-eva-jessye-becomes-the-unofficial-curator-and-guardian-of-musical-porgy-and-bess/article_8efa99e6-d511-11e5-9933-4b7f7496f44b.html
61. Sheridan B. Richard, “Charles Henry Langston and the African American Struggle in Kansas”, Pg. 268
62. Langston Henry Charles, Ibid, Pg. 320
63. Langston Henry Charles, Pg. 273
64. Langston Henry Charles, Pg. 227
65. University of Kansas, Spencer Research Library, Lawrence Kansas
66. University of Kansas, Spencer Research Library, Lawrence, Kansas, & “A place called Quindaro”
67. encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/brown-ada-1889-1950
68. DeVeaux, Scott, Kenney Howland, William, “The Music of James Scott,” Pg. 1
69. DeVeaux, Scott & Kenney Howland William, Pg. 5
70. DeVeaux, Scott & Kenney, Howland William, Pg. 22-23
71. DeVeaux, Scott, & Kenney, Howland William, Pg. 24-25
72. Kenney H. William, “James Scott and the Culture of Classic Ragtime”: American Music, Pg. 161
73. jstor.org/stable/3051815
74. https://earlwatson.earlychildhood.kckps.org/
75. https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/maurice-greene/18173
76. "Huron Cemetery" Chronology by Janith English,
Chief of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas
77. K.C. Star