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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.
Building 20 Time Capsule, 1999

Building 20 Time Capsule, 1999

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

Inner-City Software Black History Month Project (1996)

Sheree Stokes, 1998

Sheree Stokes, 1998

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