Bambenek, Evelyn - her article courtesy of Winona County Historical Society

Blount, Vivian - African American resident of Winona, interviewed Oct 25, 1995.

Brady, April A., Kwanzaa Karamu, Cooking and Crafts for a Kwanzaa Feast, *
Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1995

Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn. History of Winona County - 1913. Chicago: Cooper, 1913.

Hill, H. H. History of Winona County - 1883. Chicago: H. H. Hill and Company, 1883

Kahlert, Sheila - Director, Project FINE (Focus on Integrating Newcomers Into Education; interviewed Oct 20, 1995.

Medearis, Angela Shelf, The Seven Days of Kwanzaa, * Scholastic Inc., 1994

Spangler, Earl, The Negro in Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota: T. S. Denison & Company, Inc., 1961

The Winona Daily Republican, Saturday, July 22, 1899 - courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society.

The Winona Republican-Herald, Tuesday, December 30, 1919 - courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society.

The Winona Daily Republican, Novembeer 25, 1902

Winona City Directory of 1892 . Winona, Minn: Jones & Kroeger, Printers & Binders, 1892.

Winona City Directory of 1883. Winona, Minnesota, Jones & Kroeger, Printers. August 1,1883.

Winona Post and Shopper, April 18, 1990 - courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society.