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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.
Hugh Robinson, 1954

Hugh Robinson, 1954

W. Ahmad Salih

W. Ahmad Salih, 1972

Ben Moultrie and W. Ahmad Salih

Ben Moultrie and W. Ahmad Salih, 1971

Joseph S. Dunning, 1937

Joseph S. Dunning, 1937

WTBS "The Ghetto" promo

Stephanie Wilson

NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, 2020

Education in the United States: Evelyn Higginbotham, Sylvester Gates, and Paula T. Hammond (2011)

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