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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.

Holiday Message to the MIT Community (2020)

MIT Alumni Anti-Racism Collaborative: Calling In with Professor Loretta Ross, 2021

Bertram F. Jones

Bertram F. Jones, 1918

BSU IM Team

BSU IM Basketball Team, 1968

Robert Traynham Coles, late 1960s

Robert T. Coles, late 1960s

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