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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.
Kenyan women laughing, circa 1965

Kenyan women laughing, ca. 1965

Kenyan women in front of hut, ca. 1965

Kenyan women in front of hut, ca. 1965

Ezekiel Mphahlele, ca. 1961

Ezekiel Mphahlele, ca. 1961

Willard Johnson, 1964

Willard R. Johnson, 1964

Helen G. Edmonds

Helen G. Edmonds

Shantytown built in protest by Coalition Against Apartheid, 1987

Shantytown built in protest by Coalition Against Apartheid, 1987

Evelynn M. Hammonds, 1980

Evelynn M. Hammonds, 1980

Prominent Black Bostonians (1988)

Prof. Kenneth Manning, 1989

Prof. Kenneth Manning, 1989

Don Byron talks "Ivey-Divey" (2004)

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