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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.
Karl Bynoe 1962

Karl Bynoe reads LIFE, 1962

Questions to MIT, 1968

Questions to MIT, 1968

Question to MIT, 1968

Question to MIT, 1968

"Where do we stand?" banner

"Where do we stand?" in 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

BSU student panel, ca. 1969

Student panel, ca. 1969

Elaine Denniston, ca. 1967

Elaine Denniston

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The mission of the MIT Black History Project is to research, identify, and produce scholarly curatorial content on the Black experience at MIT since the Institute opened its doors in 1865.

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