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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.
Faculty at 1984 Commencement

Faculty at Commencement, 1984

Wendell P. Terrell

Wendell P. Terrell, 1906

Dallas Brown, Jr.

Dallas Brown, Jr., 1910

John B. Robinson, 1925

John B. Robinson, 1925

John W. Caulder, 1931

John W. Caulder, 1931

Arthur D. Jewell, 1932

Arthur D. Jewell, 1932

William D. Bowman, 1944

William D. Bowman, 1944

Arthur R. Blackwell, 1951

Arthur R. Blackwell, 1951

Marron W. Fort, 1926

Marron W. Fort, 1926

Shantytown built in protest by Coalition Against Apartheid, 1987

Shantytown built in protest by Coalition Against Apartheid, 1987

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