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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.
Convocation, 2022

Convocation, 2022

Valerie Jarrett and L. Rafael Reif, 2022

Valerie Jarrett and L. Rafael Reif, 2022

Valerie Jarrett- "Robert Robinson Taylor: Building on the Legacy of MIT's First Black Graduate" (2022)

MIT Excellence Awardee: Wayne Turner, 2001

Wayne Turner, 2001

Mary O. Hope, ca. 1971

Mary O. Hope, ca. 1971

Portrait of Mary O. Hope, ca. 1971

Portrait of Mary O. Hope, ca. 1971

Malik and Miles George and Pres. L. Rafael Reif

Mass STEM Week kickoff, 2021

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