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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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MLK Design Seminar Exhibit, 2002
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2000s

IAP MLK Design Seminar Exhibit, 2002

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Arts & Humanities
Community
Activism
Exhibits
IAP MLK Design Seminar
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Bus installation in Lobby 10, 2006
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2000s

Bus installation in Lobby 10, 2006

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Arts & Humanities
Community
Activism
Exhibits
IAP MLK Design Seminar
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Video
2010s

MIT Infinite History Project: Kenneth E. Reeves (2015)

School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Community
Education
Government & Law
Technology
Harvard
LGBTQIA+
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rising Voices 1995-Present
STEM Education
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Living History Museum performance, 1998
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1990s

Living History Museum performance, 1998

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Music and Theater Arts
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Arts & Humanities
Community
Latinx and Latin America(n)
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
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Stephanie Espy portrays Edith Sampson, 1998
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1990s

Stephanie Espy portrays Edith Sampson, 1998

School of Engineering
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Chemical Engineering
Music and Theater Arts
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Arts & Humanities
Government & Law
Latinx and Latin America(n)
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Women
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Mae Jemison and Olaronke Olabisi, 2016
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2010s

Mae Jemison and Olaronke Olabisi, 2016

School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Education
Engineering
Health & Medicine
Fashion
Magazine features
Mentorship
NASA
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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1990s

Kofi Atta Annan - Commencement Address (1997)

Sloan School of Management
Management
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Government & Law
Africa(n)
Commencement
Keynotes
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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2010s

Afika Nyati (2018)

School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Engineering
Africa(n)
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Talks
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2010s

Clapperton C. Mavhunga: Training Critical Thinker-Doers (2017)

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Science, Technology, and Society
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Community
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Africa(n)
Afrofuturism
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Yvonne Harris and Sherry Glanville, ca. 1965
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1960s
2022
Yvonne Gittens, who began working at MIT in 1965, spent 42 years at the Institute rising to associate director of financial aid and earning the MLK Achievement Award and President's Award for Community Service.
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Administration
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Education
Caribbean
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Harvard
Honors
MIT Quarter Century Club
Unveiling portrait of Shirley Jackson, 1981
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1980s
2022
A 1981 photograph documenting the unveiling of Shirley Jackson's portrait as part of the Ciba-Geigy Exceptional Black Scientists Poster Series, designed to inspire young people to pursue science careers.
School of Science
Physics
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Arts & Humanities
Science
Technology
Harlem
Illustrations
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Shirley A. Jackson
Women
Helen G. Edmonds
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1980s
2022
Helen G. Edmonds, keynote at MIT's 10th Annual MLK Celebration, 1984, as an MIT Visiting Scholar and historian. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
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Community
Education
Government & Law
Activism
HBCUs
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Keynotes
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Class in Food Technology, 1954
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1950s
2022
MIT Food Technology class, 1954, documenting undergraduate science in the Department of Food Technology. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Biological Engineering
Biology
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Science
Potential Output 1946-1954
Students
John B. Turner, Paul E. Gray, and Clarence G. Williams, 1984
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1980s
2022
John B. Turner, President Paul Gray, and Clarence G. Williams photographed together at MIT, 1984. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Administrators
Clarence G. Wiliams
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Paul E. Gray
James Allison in the Great Court, ca. 1968
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1960s
2022
James C. Allison, MIT Opportunity Development Officer, in the Great Court, ca. 1968. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Administration
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Business & Finance
Government & Law
Science
Technology
Administrators
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Ferdinand L. Ronssère, 1930
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1930s
2022
Ferdinand L. Ronssere, photographed at MIT in 1930, documented in the early history of Black students at MIT. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Alpha Phi Alpha
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NAACP
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
Contact sheet of Patricia Garrison, 1973
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1970s
2022
Contact sheet of Patricia Garrison-Corbin, MIT MBA 1971, the first African American female Sloan Fellow. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
Sloan School of Management
Management
Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA)
Business & Finance
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Women
Personnel office staff, ca. 1965
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1960s
2022
MIT Personnel Office staff, photographed ca. 1965, documenting workplace diversity at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Administration
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Education
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Staff
Women
Kezia and Keren Charles, 2019
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2010s
2022
Kezia Charles, MIT Class of 2004, and her sister Keren Charles, MIT MCP 2012, photographed together, 2019. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Science
Mathematics
Urban Studies and Planning
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Business & Finance
Community
Family
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Women
MIT team debates MCI Norfolk inmates on the opioid epidemic, 2017
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2010s
2022
MIT debate team competes against MCI Norfolk inmates on the opioid epidemic, September 2017. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Arts & Humanities
Community
Conferences
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Monk's Dream (2015)
Audio
2010s
2022
Monk's Dream by Thelonious Monk, performed by MIT Emerson Scholar Peter Godart on piano, 2015. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Music and Theater Arts
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Arts & Humanities
Music
Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
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