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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.
Edward Swain Hope sworn in as a Lieutenant, 1944

Edward Swain Hope sworn in as a Lieutenant, 1944

Jerrold Reinach Zacharias, Vance E. Gray and Jacob L. Reddix, 1964

MIT Conference on Negro College Summer Institutes, 1964

BAMIT Faculty Reception

BAMIT Faculty Reception, 2015

Wendell P. Terrell

Wendell P. Terrell, 1906

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

Lincoln Lab summer intern, 1981

Lincoln Lab summer intern, 1981

Sheila Rogers

Lincoln Lab summer intern Sheila Rogers, 1977

Summer interns at Lincoln Lab

Summer interns at Lincoln Lab, 1976

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