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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.

Melissa Nobles et al. discuss the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic (2018)

MIT Centennial Procession (1961)

Valerie Jarrett- "Robert Robinson Taylor: Building on the Legacy of MIT's First Black Graduate" (2022)

Faculty at 1984 Commencement

Faculty at Commencement, 1984

William Barton Rogers, ca. 1869

William B. Rogers, ca. 1869

High school student visitors on Killian Court

High school student visitors on Killian Court, 1972

Ben Moultrie and W. Ahmad Salih

Ben Moultrie and W. Ahmad Salih, 1971

High school student visitors on Mass. Ave.

High school student visitors on Mass. Ave., 1972

MIT Minority Graduate Student Directory cover

MIT Minority Graduate Student Directory, 1979-80

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