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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.
Tiera Guinn, Yvonne Cagle, and Alyssa Napier, 2015

Women in Space, 2015

Ellen Swallow Richards with MIT Chemistry staff, 1900

Ellen Swallow Richards and staff, 1900

BAMIT Faculty Reception

BAMIT Faculty Reception, 2015

Kristala Jones Prather 2013

Kristala Jones Prather, 2013

Interphase Chemistry Lab

Interphase Chemistry Lab, 1974

William J. Knox, Jr.

William J. Knox, Jr., ca. 1925

President Obama at the Hammond Lab

President Obama visits the Hammond Lab, 2009

Jillian Sim

Jillian Sim and the Hemmings Siblings, 1999

Ellen Swallow Richards and female students, 1888

Ellen Swallow Richards and female students, 1888

Henry McBay, 1990

Inaugural MLK Scholar Henry McBay, 1991

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