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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.
BAMIT Faculty Reception

BAMIT Faculty Reception, 2015

Black Women in the Academy conference: Hammonds, Kilson, and Vest, 1994

Black Women in the Academy conference: Hammonds, Kilson, and Vest, 1994

Black Women in the Academy conference: Panel with Angela Davis, 1994

Black Women in the Academy conference: Panel with Angela Davis, 1994

Cast of "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf ," 1992

Cast of "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf ," 1992

Charlotte Brathwaite, 2017

Charlotte Brathwaite, 2017

Ini Oguntola, 2017

Ini Oguntola, 2017

Stephanie Espy portrays Edith Sampson, 1998

Stephanie Espy portrays Edith Sampson, 1998

Living History Museum performance, 1998

Living History Museum performance, 1998

Kortney Adams SM '00 as Lady in Purple, 1999

Kortney Adams as Lady in Purple, 1999

Humans of MIT: Eleane Lema, 2018

Humans of MIT: Eleane Lema, 2018

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