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1. "H. Lane Mitchell dies, funeral Friday morning", Shreveport Times, November 9, 1978, p. 10-A
2. In Shreveport and in other cities with the commission form of government, the commissioner exercises both legislative and executive duties, on the city council and as a department head. This position should not be confused with a county commissioner, most of whom were and still are elected by single-member districts. County commissioners are the "legislators" of a county (called parish in Louisiana), with the county judge normally in the role of the "executive" head of the county. In Louisiana, the executive of the parish can be the police jury president, the president of the parish, or a parish "administrator", depending on the structure of the parish government. City commissioners could not be chosen on a district basis, as their administrative duties affected the entire city. African Americans were not then elected to city government in most parts of the South. Soon an outcry in the Civil rights movement raised legal challenges to the city commission governments.
3. Shreveport bans vendors from walks. Billboard. April 20, 1946. https://books.google.com/books?id=9BkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=H.+Lane+Mitchell+of+Shreveport,+LA&source=bl&ots=KFd6XvHiEO&sig=k_7eglZvzSJ2QvUYUrePkxYIi6c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3rK4U7avA-zisASa_YCQDQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q=H.%20Lane%20Mitchell%20of%20Shreveport%2C%20LA&f=falserl=. Retrieved July 5, 2014. 
4. Mary Jimenez (March 6, 2005). "The $19 million solution Bond election sets up 1950's Shreveport for growth". The Shreveport Times. http://www.ritzpublications.com/1954-58-shreveport-city-council.html. Retrieved June 22, 2014. 
5. "State v. Mitchell". leagle.com. May 3, 1971. http://www.leagle.com/decision/19711060246So2d814_1915.xml/STATE%20v.%20MITCHELL. Retrieved June 14, 2014. 
6. Brad Kozak (October 19, 2011). "When Cops Go Bad I: The Tale of George D’Artois". thetruthaboutguns.com. http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/10/brad-kozak/when-cops-go-bad-i-the-tale-of-george-dartois/. Retrieved June 10, 2014. 
7. Benjamin C. Dawkins, Jr., chief judge (November 2, 1962). "United States of America v. City of Shreveport, Louisiana". justia.com. http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/210/36/1963435/. Retrieved June 22, 2014. 
8. 2010 General profile of housing and population characteristics for Shreveport from the U.S. Census
9. "Blacks United for Lasting Leadership, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. the City of Shreveport, Defendants-Appellants". openjurist.org. March 29, 1978. http://openjurist.org/571/f2d/248/blacks-united-for-lasting-leadership-inc-v-city-of-shreveport. Retrieved June 19, 2014. 
10. James C. Gardner, Jim Gardner and Shreveport, Vol. II, (Shreveport: Ritz Publications, 2006), pp. 224–225
11. "Robert Lane Mitchell". Osborn Funeral Home. June 11, 2008. http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=234644&fh_id=10282. Retrieved June 20, 2014.