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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.
ASA 1986

African Students' Association, 1986

Shantytown built in protest by Coalition Against Apartheid, 1987

Shantytown built in protest by Coalition Against Apartheid, 1987

Prominent Black Bostonians (1988)

Commencement, 1981

Commencement, 1981

Anti-Apartheid student rally, 1986

Anti-Apartheid student rally, 1986

Private collection of Lawrence Kolodney

MIT Shantytown, 1986

Gregory Chisholm, ca. 1989

Gregory Chisholm, ca. 1989

Interview: Phillip L. Clay (2002)

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