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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.
Rwandan president Paul Kagame visits MIT, 2014

Rwandan president Paul Kagame visits MIT, 2014

MIT-Empowering the Teachers, 2019

MIT-Empowering the Teachers, 2019

Phillip Clay 2013

Phillip L. Clay, 2013

BAMIT Faculty Reception

BAMIT Faculty Reception, 2015

Melissa Nobles

Melissa Nobles, Political Science

Marcus A. Thompson viola

Marcus A. Thompson, Institute Professor

William Barton Rogers, ca. 1869

William B. Rogers, ca. 1869

Craig S. Wilder 2013

Historian Craig S. Wilder, 2013

Kristala Jones Prather 2013

Kristala Jones Prather, 2013

Emery Brown

Dr. Emery Brown, 2015

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