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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.
Wallace Patillo Reed, 1942

Wallace Patillo Reed, 1942

Edward Swain Hope sworn in as a Lieutenant, 1944

Edward Swain Hope sworn in as a Lieutenant, 1944

Rad Lab Group 23

Radiation Lab Group 23, 1945

No. 18, The migration gained in momentum

"No. 18, The migration gained in momentum" by Jacob Lawrence

Pentagon Demo Group

John W. Brean with the Rad Lab Airborne Systems Group, 1944

Warren E. Henry, ca. 1943

Warren E. Henry, ca. 1943

Tuskegee weather detachment, ca. 1944

Wallace P. Reed and the Tuskegee weather detachment, ca. 1944

William D. Bowman, 1944

William D. Bowman, 1944

Lucien G. White, 1944

Lucien G. White, 1944

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