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The MIT Black History Project has archived over 3,000 pieces of history related to the black experience at the Institute dating back to the 1870s. We thank our many donors, volunteers, and stakeholders for making this significant effort possible. Images on this website are subject to copyright laws and may not be duplicated without permission.

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Marie C. Turner Transcript 1905-06
Document
1900s

Transcript: Marie C. Turner, 1906-07

School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Arts & Humanities
Education
Marie C. Turner
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Women
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Robert Taylor with students at Tuskegee Institute, circa 1897
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1890s

Robert Taylor with students at Tuskegee Institute, circa 1897

School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Education
Engineering
Booker T. Washington
HBCUs
Mentorship
Robert R. Taylor
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
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William Barton Rogers and the Savage Family
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1870s

William Barton Rogers and the Savage Family, ca. 1860

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Administration
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Activism
MIT Presidents
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
William B. Rogers
Women
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Illustration: Senior Dinner, 1891
Document
1890s

Illustration: Senior Dinner, 1891

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Illustrations
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Catalog card: Roland Amoa, 1962-63
Document
1960s

Catalog card: Roland Amoa, 1962-63

Sloan School of Management
Management
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Business & Finance
Government & Law
Africa(n)
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Students
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Anthony Kobina Amos and Herbert Nee Osai Quao, 1962-63
Document
1960s

Catalog card: Anthony Amos and Herbert Quao, 1962-63

School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Education
Engineering
Government & Law
Africa(n)
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Students
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Yenwith Whitney, ca. 1944
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1940s

Yenwith Whitney, ca. 1943

School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT)
Community
Education
Engineering
Mathematics
Military
Africa(n)
Asia(n)
Faith
Potential Output 1946-1954
Tuskegee
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Tuskegee weather detachment, ca. 1944
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1940s

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

School of Science
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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Government & Law
Military
Science
Asia(n)
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Recruitment
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Tuskegee
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2nd Lieutenant Victor L. Ransom, ca. 1942
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1940s

2nd Lieutenant Victor L. Ransom, ca. 1942

School of Engineering
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Military
Activism
NASA
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Potential Output 1946-1954
Students
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Timeline
Tiera Fletcher, 2022
Image
2020s
2022
Tiera Fletcher, MIT Class of 2017, aerospace engineer and rocket scientist at Boeing, 2022. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
African Students' Association (ASA)
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Black Women's Alliance (BWA)
McCormick Hall
MIT Gospel Choir
Engineering
Government & Law
Technology
Magazine features
NASA
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Women
How Not to Make a Documentary (2012)
Video
2010s
2022
How Not to Make a Documentary (2012), a media literacy project from MIT's New Media Literacy program. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
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Arts & Humanities
Africa(n)
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
W.E.B. DuBois
Samuel Proctor, Paul Edward Gray, and Clarence G. Williams, 1981
Image
1980s
2022
Rev. Samuel Proctor, Paul Gray, and Clarence Williams at the first MIT MLK lecture, 1981. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Administration
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Community
Education
Administrators
Bridge Leaders
Clarence G. Wiliams
Faith
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Desire Greene portrays Mae Jemison, 1998
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1990s
2018
Desire Greene, MIT Class of 1999, portrays Dr. Mae Jemison in a 1998 MIT production honoring Black women in STEM. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Arts & Humanities
Engineering
Health & Medicine
Science
Technology
Latinx and Latin America(n)
NASA
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Women
MechE Robotics Competition, 2003
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2000s
2022
MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering hosts its 33rd annual Design 2.007 robotics competition, 2003. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Education
Engineering
Technology
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Calculus class, 2009
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2000s
2022
MIT calculus class, 2009, documenting the student experience in foundational mathematics at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Mathematics
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Education
Mathematics
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Students on steps in Killian Court, 2002
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2000s
2022
MIT students on steps in Killian Court, 2002, documenting student life at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Climate Conversations with Jacqueline Patterson: Intersectionality and Climate Justice (2018)
Audio
2010s
2021
MIT Climate Conversations with NAACP's Jacqueline Patterson on climate justice and intersectionality, 2018. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Administration
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Community
Health & Medicine
Science
Activism
Caribbean
NAACP
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Women
Legatum Foundry Fellows (2021)
Video
2020s
2021
MIT Legatum Center inaugural Foundry Fellows cohort, 13 entrepreneurs from 8 countries, 2021. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Business & Finance
Community
Education
Technology
Africa(n)
Honors
Rising Voices 1995-Present
MIT-Africa Distinguished Visitors Program Keynote Lecture by Mohamed Hassan (2022)
Video
2020s
2022
Dr. Mohamed Hassan delivers the MIT-Africa Distinguished Visitors Program keynote lecture, 2022. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Education
Africa(n)
Honors
Keynotes
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Inaugural Africa Distinguished Visitors Program, 2022
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2020s
2022
MIT Africa Distinguished Visitors Program inaugural honoree, physicist Prof. Mohamed Hassan, 2022. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Education
Africa(n)
Faculty
Honors
Keynotes
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Thomas Chambers and Anne Riley, 1962
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1960s
2022
Thomas Chambers, Head Porter of East Campus dormitories 1924-1965, with Anne Riley, 1962. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Cardinal & Gray Society
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Critical Mass 1955-1968
Magazine features
MIT Quarter Century Club
Staff
Women
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