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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.
William J. Knox, Jr.

William J. Knox, Jr., ca. 1925

Victor C. Smith

Victor C. Smith, 1924

Gladys Facey (niece of George F. Bowles '27), 2016

Boston Memoir Project: Gladys Facey remembers George F. Bowles '27, 2016

Lucien G. White, 1944

Lucien G. White, 1944

Paula Hammond and Lego doppelganger, 2015

Paula Hammond and Lego, 2015

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