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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.

Joy Buolamwini 'G: Search for Hidden Figures Grand Prize Winner

"Illuminate" by Chelsi Alise Cocking (2023)

Phillip Ewing: Robert R. Taylor (1892) Fellow (2014)

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

Dale Joachim: Human Environment Mobile Based Interactions Workshop (2009)

Marcus Thompson with MIT Experimental Music Studio, c. 1973

Kelvin Doe wows MIT (2012)

David Adjaye discusses Eero Saarinen’s MIT Chapel (2016)

"Coded Bias" official trailer (2020)

Danielle Wood: The Down-to-Earth Applications of Space (2021)

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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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