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- ↑ "Dr. Luther Hilton Foster, Jr. Fourth President of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) Term in Office: 1953-1981". Tuskegee University. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ↑ Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators . Greenwood Publishing Group. 1997. p. 115. ISBN 9780313291333 . Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Luther Foster Dies". The Washington Post. December 1, 1994. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Elliott, J. Michael (December 2, 1994). "Luther Foster Jr., 81, Dies; Leader of Tuskegee Institute". The New York Times. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Foster Named Tuskegee Head" . Asheville Citizen-Times. May 31, 1953. p. 24. Retrieved June 20, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Luther H. Foster Jr.; Former Head of Tuskegee University". The Los Angeles Times. December 5, 1994. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Dr. Luther Hilton Foster, Jr". Tuskegee University. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
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