Brown, Gwynne Kuhner. “Whatever Happened to William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony?” Journal of the Society for American Music 6, no. 4 (2012): 433–56.

Haberlen, John Black. “William Dawson and the Copyright Act.” Choral Journal 23, no. 7 (1983): 5–8.

 Hood, Marcia Mitchell. “William Levi Dawson and His Music: A Teacher’s Guide to Interpreting His Choral Spirituals.” DMA diss., University of Alabama, 2004.

Huff, Vernon Edward. “William Levi Dawson: An Examination of Selected Letters, Speeches, and Writings.” DMA diss., Arizona State University, 2013.

Johnson, David Lee. “The Contributions of William L. Dawson to the School of Music at Tuskegee Institute and to Choral Music.” EdD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987.

Johnson, John Andrew. “William Dawson, ‘the New Negro,’ and His Folk Idiom” Black Music Research Journal 19, no. 1 (1999): 43–60.

Malone, Mark Hugh. “William Levi Dawson: American Music Educator.” PhD diss., Florida State University, 1981.

———. “William Dawson and the Tuskegee Choir.” Choral Journal 30, no. 8 (1990): 17–19.

McMillan, William Robert. “The Choral Music of William Dawson.” DA diss., University of Northern Colorado, 1991.

Pilcher, J. Mitchell. “Negro Spiritual: A Lively Leaven in the American Way of Life.” Etude 64 (April 1946): 194, 226.

Spady, James G. William L. Dawson: A Umum Tribute and a Marvelous Journey. Philadelphia: Creative Artists’ Workshop, 1981.

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excerpted from Spirituals: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography for Research and Performance by Kathleen A. Abromeit. Photo:  : The Collection at Emory University: The Tuskegee Institute Choir, conducted by William Levi Dawson (Carnegie Hall, January 1933).