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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.
TED Radio Hour Comics: Joy Buolamwini, 2022

TED Radio Hour Comics: Joy Buolamwini, 2022

Performing the Present: Audra McDonald and Oskar Eustis in Conversation (2018)

Octavia Butler, 1986

TRANSCRIPT: "Devil Girl From Mars": Why I Write Science Fiction by Octavia Butler, 1998

Samuel Delany and Octavia Butler

TRANSCRIPT: Octavia Butler and Samuel Delany, 1998

Charlotte Brathwaite, 2017

Charlotte Brathwaite, 2017

Brian Michael Bendis: The Julius Schwartz Lecture (2018)

2020-21 MIT Performing Series: "QUEER FUTURES" by Lion's Jaw (2020)

MGH: A Black History Month Celebration, 2021

POSTER: A Black History Month Celebration, 2021

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