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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.
Courtesy MIT Museum

Lincoln Lab summer interns, 1976

Lincoln Lab summer intern

Lincoln Lab summer intern, 1976

Michelle Adams and Mickey Shelton

Michelle Adams and Mickey Shelton at Lincoln Lab, 1977

Sheila Rogers

Lincoln Lab summer intern Sheila Rogers, 1977

Summer interns at Lincoln Lab

Summer interns at Lincoln Lab, 1976

Reunion of early black alums, 1973

Reunion of early black alums, 1973

Nan Scott

Nanelle Scott '78 at work, 1974

MITE UNITE: Tereska Roberts, 1977

MITE UNITE: Tereska Roberts, 1977

Woodrow Whitlow, Jr., 1974

Woodrow Whitlow, Jr., 1974

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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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