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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.
Maia Weinstock, 2017

Maia Weinstock: Women of NASA LEGO Set, 2017

Joy Buolamwini and Margot Lee Shetterly

Joy Buolamwini and Margot Lee Shetterly, 2017

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

Baba Jubal Harris

Baba Jubal Harris discusses Willie Ray 'Karimi' Mackey, ca. 2016

POSTER: MIT & Slavery Course, 2017

POSTER: MIT & Slavery course, 2017

MIT and the Legacy of Slavery (2018)

Paula Hammond and Lego doppelganger, 2015

Paula Hammond and Lego, 2015

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