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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.

MIT Syncopasian: "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys" (2018)

Margo Batie, 2013

Margo Batie, 2013

Maia Weinstock, 2017

Maia Weinstock: Women of NASA LEGO Set, 2017

Joy Buolamwini and Margot Lee Shetterly

Joy Buolamwini and Margot Lee Shetterly, 2017

MIT team debates MCI Norfolk inmates on the opioid epidemic, 2017

MIT team debates MCI Norfolk inmates on the opioid epidemic, 2017

Joy Buolamwini 'G: Search for Hidden Figures Grand Prize Winner

African Physical Society organizing meeting, 2007

African Physical Society organizing meeting, 2007

Inaugural council meeting of the African Physical Society, 2010

Inaugural council meeting of the African Physical Society, 2010

Thelonious Monk

Monk's Dream (2015)

Kezia and Keren Charles, 2019

Kezia and Keren Charles, 2019

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