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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 9, 1973
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1970s

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 9, 1973

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Ellen Swallow Richards
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Women
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 14, 1973
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1970s

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 14, 1973

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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 2, 1973
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1970s

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 2, 1973

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Ellen Swallow Richards
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Women
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 17, 1973
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1970s

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 17, 1973

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Ellen Swallow Richards
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Women
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Willie Baldwin, Robert Boone, and Michael Dixon, 1980s
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1980s

Willie Baldwin, Robert Boone, and Michael Dixon, 1980s

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Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT)
MIT Gospel Choir
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Hugh Robinson, 1954
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1950s

Hugh Robinson, 1954

School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Critical Mass 1955-1968
Dunbar High School
Harvard
Students
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2020s

PRESENTATION: Healthcare Disparities and Systemic Racism in Healthcare (2022)

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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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1960s

MIT Centennial Procession (1961)

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Critical Mass 1955-1968
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Finding Your Roots: Valerie Jarrett and Robert R. Taylor (2014)
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2010s

Finding Your Roots: Valerie Jarrett and Robert R. Taylor (2014)

School of Architecture and Planning
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Robert R. Taylor
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 9, 1973
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1970s
2022
MIT: A Place for Women brochure, p. 9, 1973, honoring Ellen Swallow Richards, MIT's first woman graduate. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Ellen Swallow Richards
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Recruitment
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Women
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 14, 1973
Document
1970s
2022
MIT: A Place for Women brochure, p. 14, 1973, celebrating the centennial of Ellen Swallow Richards' graduation. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Women
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 2, 1973
Document
1970s
2022
MIT: A Place for Women brochure, p. 2, 1973, marking the 100th anniversary of the first woman MIT graduate. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Ellen Swallow Richards
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Recruitment
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Women
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A Place for Women, p. 17, 1973
Document
1970s
2022
MIT: A Place for Women brochure, p. 17, 1973, honoring Ellen Swallow Richards and MIT's women students. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Administration
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Community
Ellen Swallow Richards
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Recruitment
Students
Women
Willie Baldwin, Robert Boone, and Michael Dixon, 1980s
Image
1980s
2022
A 1980s photograph of Willie Baldwin, Robert Boone, and Michael Dixon '88, who went on to careers in ministry, education, and STEM outreach, captured outside the MIT Student Center.
School of Science
Physics
Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT)
MIT Gospel Choir
Education
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Faith
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Mentorship
MITES
Music
Hugh Robinson, 1954
Image
1950s
2022
Hugh Granville Robinson, MIT Class of 1959, a West Point 1954 graduate and career military officer. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Military
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Dunbar High School
Harvard
Students
PRESENTATION: Healthcare Disparities and Systemic Racism in Healthcare (2022)
Document
2020s
2022
MIT Medical presentation on healthcare disparities and systemic racism in medicine, 2022. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Health & Medicine
Administrators
Caribbean
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Talks
Women
MIT Centennial Procession (1961)
Video
1960s
2022
MIT Centennial Procession (1961), a silent film documenting the academic assembly at MIT's 100th year. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Administration
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Community
Education
Administrators
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Faculty
Finding Your Roots: Valerie Jarrett and Robert R. Taylor (2014)
Video
2010s
2018
Finding Your Roots (2014): Valerie Jarrett discovers her ancestor was Robert R. Taylor, MIT Class of 1892. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Community
Government & Law
Family
Middle East
Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Robert R. Taylor
Collin Stultz, 2022
Image
2020s
2022
Collin Stultz, appointed co-director of Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, June 2022. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
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Engineering
Health & Medicine
Administrators
Faculty
Harvard
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Stephanie Wingfield, 2004
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2000s
2022
Stephanie Wingfield, MIT Class of 1982 and MArch 1987, architect, lawyer, and cellist, 2004. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Arts & Humanities
Government & Law
Marcus A. Thompson
Music
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Women
World AIDS Day, 2004
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2000s
2022
A 2004 MIT World AIDS Day event photo, showing volunteers and MIT students at an annual fundraiser organized by the MIT Women's League that raised money for the Names Project Boston.
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Community
Health & Medicine
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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