Jones, Allen W. "The Role of Tuskegee Institute in the Education of Black Farmers."
The Journal of Negro History 60 (April 1975): 252.
An excellent survey of Tuskegee's significant part in education in Alabama.
Mayberry, B. D. The Role of Tuskegee University in the Origin, Growth and Development of the Negro Cooperative Extension System, 1881-1990. Tuskegee Institute: Cooperative Extension Program, 1989.
A narrative with documents detailing Tuskegee's extension history.
McMurry, Linda O. George Washington Carver: Scientist & Symbol. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.
A readable and scholarly account of Carver's life and works.
McMurry, Linda O. Recorder of the Black Experience: A Biography of Monroe Nathan Work. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1985.
Schor, Joel. Agriculture in the Black Land-Grant System to 1930. Tallahassee: Florida A&M University, 1982.
One excellent chapter details the evolution of Tuskegee's programs.
Washington, Booker T. Up From Slavery. New York: Doubleday Page, 1901.
An inspirational story of a young man who achieved greatness out of much adversity.