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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.
Helen G. Edmonds

Helen G. Edmonds

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

Soft City map, 2022

Soft City map, 2022

Curiosity Unbounded logo

Curiosity Unbounded: Beyond words (2023)

Willard Johnson, 1964

Willard R. Johnson, 1964

Willard Johnson on climbing the faculty ranks at MIT (2015)

BAMIT Faculty Reception

BAMIT Faculty Reception, 2015

Ulysses J. Montgomery, 1952

Ulysses J. Montgomery, 1952

Noam Chomsky on Race, Gender and Class with Kathleen Cleaver (1997)

Black Women in the Academy conference: Hammonds, Kilson, and Vest, 1994

Black Women in the Academy conference: Hammonds, Kilson, and Vest, 1994

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