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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.

"MIT is..." podcast: Remote with Oby Nwodoh (2020)

Jean Billa, Habeeb Salau, and Dzidula Kpodo in "Nkrumah's Last Day," 2022

Jean Billa, Habeeb Salau, and Dzidula Kpodo in "Nkrumah's Last Day," 2022

Bukunmi Shodipo, Irura Nyiha , and Jean Billa in "Nkrumah's Last Day," 2022

Bukunmi Shodipo, Irura Nyiha , and Jean Billa in "Nkrumah's Last Day," 2022

Dzidula Kpodo, Alayo Oloko, and Jean Billa in "Nkrumah's Last Day," 2022

Dzidula Kpodo, Alayo Oloko, and Jean Billa in "Nkrumah's Last Day," 2022

Philip Abel Adama in a scene from 'Brief Tender Light,' 2023

African-born students shine as agents of change in documentary 'Brief Tender Light' (2023)

Brief Tender Light: Graduation, 2023

Brief Tender Light: Graduation, 2023

'Brief Tender Light' Trailer (2023)

'Barack Obama': Intro to Deep Learning - MIT 6.S191 (2020)

1948 Picture of Victor Ransom

Victor L. Ransom, 1948

Gray and Green '54

Paul Gray and Gloria Green, 1949

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