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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.
Yvonne Harris and Sherry Glanville, ca. 1965

Yvonne Harris and Sherry Glanville, ca. 1965

Willard Johnson, 1964

Willard R. Johnson, 1964

Phillip Clay 2013

Phillip L. Clay, 2013

W.E.B. DuBois - Booker T. Washington

Craig S. Wilder 2013

Historian Craig S. Wilder, 2013

Illustration: "Brass Shield" by Alyssa Napier, 2015

Illustration: "Brass Shield" by Alyssa Napier, 2015

MIT Infinite History Project: Kenneth E. Reeves (2015)

Cornel West at MIT

Cornel West: Speaking Truth to Power, 2018

Twin valedictorians from NJ head to MIT, 2018

Phillip Clay and Brass Rat, 2013

Phillip Clay and Brass Rat, 2013

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