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Main sources for the MIT Black History Project include the Institute Archives, the MIT Museum, campus publications, and members of the MIT community. Oral history is also a valuable evidentiary tool, supplementing and enriching the store of more traditional historical evidence. Additionally, the project draws material from relevant collections and publications at large.

Interview with historian Robert Hayden (2021)

TED Radio Hour Comics: Joy Buolamwini, 2022

TED Radio Hour Comics: Joy Buolamwini, 2022

Valerie Jarrett and L. Rafael Reif, 2022

Valerie Jarrett and L. Rafael Reif, 2022

Valerie Jarrett- "Robert Robinson Taylor: Building on the Legacy of MIT's First Black Graduate" (2022)

Wonder Women of Science (2021)

'Brief Tender Light' Trailer (2023)

BCAP Fellows: Melissa Isidor and Danielle Geathers, 2020

BCAP Fellows: Melissa Isidor and Danielle Geathers, 2020

Ellen Swallow Richards and female students, 1888

Ellen Swallow Richards and female students, 1888

Wonder Woman #50: Ellen Swallow Richards, 1950s

Wonder Woman #50: Ellen Swallow Richards, 1950s

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The mission of the MIT Black History Project is to research, identify, and produce scholarly curatorial content on the Black experience at MIT since the Institute opened its doors in 1865.

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