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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.
Ray Charles at the Armory, 1961

Ray Charles at the Armory, 1961

MLK Observance Exhibit

MLK Observance Exhibit, late 1960s

Catalog card: Gus Solomons and Harold Edgerton, 1960

Catalog card: Gus Solomons and Harold Edgerton, 1960

Student Center MLK Exhibit

MLK exhibit, 1968

MLK exhibit: writing on the wall, 1968

MLK exhibit: writing on the wall, 1968

MIT Summer Symphony rehearsal, 1965

MIT Summer Symphony rehearsal, 1965

MIT Syncopasian: "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys" (2018)

Joy Buolamwini and Margot Lee Shetterly

Joy Buolamwini and Margot Lee Shetterly, 2017

MIT team debates MCI Norfolk inmates on the opioid epidemic, 2017

MIT team debates MCI Norfolk inmates on the opioid epidemic, 2017

Joy Buolamwini 'G: Search for Hidden Figures Grand Prize Winner

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