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MLK exhibit, 1968
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MLK exhibit, 1968

Student Center MLK Exhibit
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MLK exhibit at the Student Center, 1968

The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and President John F. Kennedy in 1968 sparked new initiatives towards making MIT a more equitable community. That year saw the formation of the Black Students' Union and Project Interphase, a summer program for incoming minority freshman.

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