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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.
The Dixon Brothers

The Dixon Brothers, 1898

MIT Varsity Football

MIT Varsity Football Team, 1892

Building 20 Time Capsule, 1999

Building 20 Time Capsule, 1999

Yaw Yeboah in 1975

TRANSCRIPT: Interview with Yaw D. Yeboah, 1996

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

Inner-City Software Black History Month Project (1996)

Stephanie Espy portrays Edith Sampson, 1998

Stephanie Espy portrays Edith Sampson, 1998

Desire Greene portrays Mae Jemison, 1998

Desire Greene portrays Mae Jemison, 1998

Kortney Adams SM '00 as Lady in Purple, 1999

Kortney Adams as Lady in Purple, 1999

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The mission of the MIT Black History Project is to research, identify, and produce scholarly curatorial content on the Black experience at MIT since the Institute opened its doors in 1865.

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