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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.
Billy Ndengeyingoma in a scene from 'Brief Tender Light,' 2023

Billy Ndengeyingoma in a scene from 'Brief Tender Light,' 2023

Brief Tender Light: Graduation, 2023

Brief Tender Light: Graduation, 2023

'Brief Tender Light' Trailer (2023)

Naija Beta (2016)

Prominent Black Bostonians (1988)

Octavia Butler, 1986

TRANSCRIPT: "Devil Girl From Mars": Why I Write Science Fiction by Octavia Butler, 1998

Samuel Delany and Octavia Butler

TRANSCRIPT: Octavia Butler and Samuel Delany, 1998

Desire Greene portrays Mae Jemison, 1998

Desire Greene portrays Mae Jemison, 1998

Painter Glenn Silva (2017)

Kortney Adams SM '00 as Lady in Purple, 1999

Kortney Adams as Lady in Purple, 1999

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The mission of the MIT Black History Project is to research, identify, and produce scholarly curatorial content on the Black experience at MIT since the Institute opened its doors in 1865.

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