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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.
April Jeffries et al. at Commencement, 1981

April Jeffries et al. at Commencement, 1981

Faculty at 1984 Commencement

Faculty at Commencement, 1984

Graduate at commencement, 1988

Commencement, 1988

Shirley Chisholm, 1984

Shirley Chisholm at Commencement, 1984

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm at MIT, 1984

Deval Patrick

Deval Patrick- MIT Commencement Address (2009)

Commencement, 1981

Commencement, 1981

Doctoral hooding of Anton Thomas, 2006

Doctoral hooding of Anton Thomas, 2006

Linda Sharpe at Commencement, 2005

Linda Sharpe at Commencement, 2005

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