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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.
Whitney Young at the White House, 1964

Whitney Young at the White House, 1964

Questions to MIT, 1968

Questions to MIT, 1968

MLK Observance Exhibit

MLK Observance Exhibit, late 1960s

Student Center MLK Exhibit

MLK exhibit, 1968

MLK exhibit: writing on the wall, 1968

MLK exhibit: writing on the wall, 1968

Robert E. Efimba

Robert E. Efimba during Black History Week, 1960s

Document: "American Women in Science and Engineering" symposium brochure, 1964

Document: American Women in Science and Engineering symposium program cover, 1964

Elaine Denniston, ca. 1967

Elaine Denniston

Isaiah Blankson and peer, 1967

Isaiah M. Blankson, 1967

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