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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.
Wendell P. Terrell

Wendell P. Terrell, 1906

Marie C. Turner

Marie C. Turner '09

Marie C. Turner Transcript 1905-06

Transcript: Marie C. Turner, 1906-07

Roger K. Brooks, ca. 1991

Roger K. Brooks, ca. 1991

Cast of "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf ," 1992

Cast of "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf ," 1992

Young, Gifted, and Black: Black Women at MIT (1994)

Stephanie Espy portrays Edith Sampson, 1998

Stephanie Espy portrays Edith Sampson, 1998

Living History Museum performance, 1998

Living History Museum performance, 1998

Kortney Adams SM '00 as Lady in Purple, 1999

Kortney Adams as Lady in Purple, 1999

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