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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.
Ken Burn's "The Central Park Five" poster

Ken Burn's "The Central Park Five" Intro by Craig Wilder (2020)

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)

MIT Forum for Equity: MIT and Slavery (2020)

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

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

Celia Berry '78 sings solo part at DNC (2016)

BAMIT Faculty Reception

BAMIT Faculty Reception, 2015

Esperanza Spalding: Ebony and Ivy (2016)

Building the Elephant in the Room (2015)

POSTER: MIT & Slavery Course, 2017

POSTER: MIT & Slavery course, 2017

MIT and the Legacy of Slavery (2018)

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