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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

William Walton in Nigeria, ca. 1966

William Walton in Nigeria, ca. 1966

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

Fermi Oyewole, 1964

Fermi Oyewole, 1964

Ronald T. McLaughlin

Ronald T. McLaughlin

Catalog card: Gus Solomons and Harold Edgerton, 1960

Catalog card: Gus Solomons and Harold Edgerton, 1960

Catalog card: Boston Boys' Club members and East Campus students, 1962

Catalog card: Boston Boys' Club members and East Campus students, 1962

Kakamega Secondary School students, 1961

Kakamega Secondary School students, 1961

Seymour Papert and The Turtle, ca. 1968

Seymour Papert and The Turtle, ca. 1968

Ronald McLaughlin, Arthur T. Ippen, and others, 1964

Ronald McLaughlin, Arthur T. Ippen, and others, 1964

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