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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.
Brandon Worrell and Amos Winter at 2.007 Robot Competition, 2022

Brandon Worrell and Amos Winter at 2.007 Robot Competition, 2022

Mechanics and Materials II design challenge winner: Peter Williams (2022)

Saint-Gobain LEAD Black History Month Guest Speaker: Gerald Baron (2023)

"Sisters in Making" exhibit, 2024

MIT Libraries "Sisters in Making" exhibit, 2024

MIT Solar Car: "I Love Black," 2020

MIT Solar Car: "I Love Black," 2020

BCAP Fellows: Melissa Isidor and Danielle Geathers, 2020

BCAP Fellows: Melissa Isidor and Danielle Geathers, 2020

MIT Better World: Marty Culpepper, 2020

MIT Better World: Marty Culpepper, 2020

MIT student teaches toy design at orphanage in Haiti (2021)

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The MIT Black History Project’s mission is to research, identify, and produce scholarly curatorial content on the MIT Black experience. If you have an important item you believe the project should consider for its collection, please start by contacting us on this website.
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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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