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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.
Southern Club logo, 1909

Southern Club logo, 1909

Uppercut comic by Steve Sullivan

Comic strip featuring Prof. Larry Sass, 2004

"Crossing Over" by Philip Mallory Jones

Crossing Over, 2001

Deval Patrick

Deval Patrick- MIT Commencement Address (2009)

"Watson and the Shark" by Eric Avery, 1990

From MIT List Collection: "Watson and the Shark," 1990

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