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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.

Black Graduate Celebration, 2021

Black Graduate Celebration, 2022

Black Graduate Celebration, 2021

Commencement keynote address: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (2022)

Discovering Whirlwind's Joe Thompson (2020)

Brief Tender Light: Graduation, 2023

Brief Tender Light: Graduation, 2023

MIT Class of 2020 President: Nwanacho Nwana, 2020

MIT Class of 2020 President: Nwanacho Nwana, 2020

Harvard Medical School Class Day 2020: Dr. Bobby Satcher (2020)

Unfinished Business: Remarks to the Black Graduates of 2021

Daniel A. Smith

Daniel A. Smith, 1903

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