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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.
Stephanie Wingfield, 2004

Stephanie Wingfield, 2004

Prof. Larry Sass, 2009

Prof. Larry Sass, 2009

Obituary: Willie Ray "Karimi" Mackey, 2004

Obituary: Willie Ray "Karimi" Mackey, 2004

Uppercut comic by Steve Sullivan

Comic strip featuring Prof. Larry Sass, 2004

Booker Washington Agricultural & Industrial Institute (BWI), est. 1929

Interview: Shirley A. Jackson (2003)

Joseph Brown and Louis Fouché at Fletcher Maynard Academy, 2004

Joseph Brown and Louis Fouché at Fletcher Maynard Academy, 2004

Tai DaCosta, 2008

Tai DaCosta, 2008

Gus Solomons, Jr., 2002

Gus Solomons, Jr., 2002

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