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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.
Freedom Rider: Charles Person, 1961

Freedom Rider: Charles Person, 1961

Whitney Young at the White House, 1964

Whitney Young at the White House, 1964

William Walton in Nigeria, ca. 1966

William Walton in Nigeria, ca. 1966

Yvonne Harris and Sherry Glanville, ca. 1965

Yvonne Harris and Sherry Glanville, ca. 1965

WCVB Channel 5 Science & Technology Special: Seymour Papert, ca. 1968-69

Fermi Oyewole, 1964

Fermi Oyewole, 1964

Ronald T. McLaughlin

Ronald T. McLaughlin

Willard Johnson, 1964

Willard R. Johnson, 1964

Catalog card: Gus Solomons and Harold Edgerton, 1960

Catalog card: Gus Solomons and Harold Edgerton, 1960

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