Golden, Tim, via The New York Times. "Bonfire Controversy Fueled By Satiric Touch", News & Record, December 21, 1990. Accessed July 8, 2022. "Warners paid off Arkin's six-figure contract and promptly hired Morgan Freeman, who had been considered earlier, to play the part as a black judge named Leonard White. 'I didn't want to racially polarize it,' De Palma, 50, explained. 'I didn't want a white judge talking morality to a basically black audience.'"
"Bronx Prosecutor Appointed", The New York Times, November 8, 1968. Accessed July 8, 2022. "Burton B. Roberts, a Democrat, who was elected District Attorney of the Bronx on Tuesday, was appointed to that post today by Governor Rockefeller so that he can serve until his term officially begins in January."
