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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.
Yvonne Harris and Sherry Glanville, ca. 1965

Yvonne Harris and Sherry Glanville, ca. 1965

Billie Pope Dance Company of America

Billie Pope Dance Company of America, 1973

Deval Patrick

Deval Patrick- MIT Commencement Address (2009)

Tai DaCosta, 2008

Tai DaCosta, 2008

MIT 2002 Tech Culture Forum: Noam Chomsky & Paul Farmer on Haiti (2002)

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