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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.
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, ca. 1901

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, ca. 1901

Sylvia Ann McDowell, 2009

Sylvia Ann McDowell, 2009

Melissa Nobles et al. discuss the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic (2018)

Sound Portraits (2014)

Civil rights tour, 2022

Civil rights tour, 2022

MIT Reads: Syn Odu and Janet Mock, 2016

MIT Reads: Syn Odu and Janet Mock, 2016

Ezekiel Mphahlele, ca. 1961

Ezekiel Mphahlele, ca. 1961

Answering the Call: Advancing the Relevance of Architecture (2022)

Willard Johnson, 1964

Willard R. Johnson, 1964

W. Ahmad Salih

W. Ahmad Salih, 1972

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