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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.
Ellen Swallow Richards with MIT Chemistry staff, 1900

Ellen Swallow Richards and staff, 1900

Rwandan president Paul Kagame visits MIT, 2014

Rwandan president Paul Kagame visits MIT, 2014

D. Fox Harrell — Virtual Identities (Future of Storytelling, 2017)

C. Alfred “Chief” Anderson U.S. Postal Stamp, 2014

C. Alfred “Chief” Anderson U.S. Postal Stamp, 2014

"Marked and Scarred" by Kelvin Frazier, 2015

Math, Football and Your Future: A Conversation with John Urschel (2018)

Faye-Marie Vassel, 2018

Faye-Marie Vassel, 2018

Benjamin Ofori-Okai's Personal Story (2018)

Benjamin Ofori-Okai: Imaging Viruses with Nanoscale MRI (2018)

Jeandele Elliot, 2019

Jeandele Elliot, 2019

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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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