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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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Rhonda Jordan-Antoine, 2011
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2010s

Rhonda Jordan-Antoine, 2011

School of Engineering
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
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Business & Finance
Community
Engineering
Technology
Africa(n)
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Women
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Africa Summer Conference Fellows, 1962
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1960s

Africa Summer Conference Fellows, 1962

Sloan School of Management
Management
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Business & Finance
Africa(n)
Conferences
Critical Mass 1955-1968
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Ray Charles at the Armory, 1961
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1960s

Ray Charles at the Armory, 1961

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Arts & Humanities
Community
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Music
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Whitney Young at the White House, 1964
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1960s

Whitney Young at the White House, 1964

School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Engineering
Government & Law
Activism
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Harvard
Martin Luther King, Jr.
NAACP
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“Celebrate the truth of the dream with love” by Wisthon Thimé
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2020s

“Celebrate the truth of the dream with love” by Wisthon Thimé, 2022

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Community
Activism
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Rotch Library glass portrait mosaic, 1980
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1980s

Rotch Library glass portrait mosaic, 1980

School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
Architecture
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Arts & Humanities
Community
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Letter from Arthur D. Jewell to The Crisis, 1932
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1930s

Letter from Arthur D. Jewell to The Crisis, 1932

School of Engineering
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Mechanical Engineering
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NAACP
Order of Operations 1921-1945
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William Wilson Cooke

William W. Cooke, ca. mid-1900s

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MIT Solar Car: "I Love Black," 2020
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2020s

MIT Solar Car: "I Love Black," 2020

School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Community
Engineering
Technology
Transportation
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
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Frank S. Jones, 1970
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1970s
2017
Frank S. Jones, MIT's first African American tenured faculty, Jones Ford Professor of Urban Affairs, 1970. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Community
Government & Law
Community Fellows Program
Faculty
Harvard
Howard W. Johnson
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
John Mack, Warren Seamans, et al. at a picnic, 1971
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1970s
2021
John Mack, Warren Seamans, and colleagues at a MIT community picnic, 1971. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Education
Administrators
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Mentorship
Staff
Students
Udo Ukweni Udo with Ed Miller on set of "Dialing for Dollars" TV show, ca. 1968
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1960s
2021
Dr. Udo Ukweni Udo visits Ed Miller's Dialing for Dollars TV show, ca. 1968. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
School of Science
Biological Engineering
Biology
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Science
Technology
Activism
Africa(n)
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Pop Culture
MSRP: Nathalie Thelemaque, 2019
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2010s
2021
Nathalie Thelemaque, MSRP participant, inspired to pursue a doctoral degree after MIT summer research, 2019. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Women
MSRP: Nathalie Thelemaque, 2019 [duplicate]
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2010s
2021
Nathalie Thelemaque, MSRP participant, profiled for her path from undergraduate to MIT doctoral research. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Women
Thomas O. Meeks, 1947
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1940s
2017
Thomas O. Meeks Jr., MIT Class of 1947 in Physics, an early Black MIT graduate. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Physics
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Education
Science
Students
Technique Yearbook
Unfinished Business: Remarks to the Black Graduates of 2021
Video
2020s
2021
BAMIT Black Graduate Celebration 2021 remarks on unfinished business for MIT's Black community. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT)
Community
Education
Commencement
Keynotes
L. Rafael Reif
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Poster: "mit bsu" by Dietmar Winkler, c. 1970
Document
1970s
2018
MIT BSU poster designed by Dietmar Winkler, ca. 1970, for the MIT Black Students' Union. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Students' Union (BSU)
Arts & Humanities
Europe(an)
Exhibits
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Staff
Women
Ron McNair plays sax in space, 1984
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2017
Ronald E. McNair plays saxophone in space during the 1984 Challenger mission STS 41-B. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Physics
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Arts & Humanities
Engineering
Science
Technology
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Music
NASA
Pop Culture
Ronald E. McNair
From Ferguson to Sheikh Jarrah: The Black and Palestinian Struggle for Justice (2021)
2020s
2021
MIT Arab Alumni Association panel on Black and Palestinian struggle for justice, with Marc Lamont Hill, May 2021. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Activism
Black Lives Matter
Middle East
Rising Voices 1995-Present
MIT-Ayiti.net (2021)
Video
2020s
2021
MIT-Ayiti.net, a digital platform supporting MIT-Haiti Initiative's multilingual education mission, 2021. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Linguistics and Philosophy
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Arts & Humanities
Community
Education
Caribbean
Faculty
Rising Voices 1995-Present
STEM Education
Students
Chase T.M. Anderson, 2021
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2020s
2021
Chase T.M. Anderson on finding MIT community that affirmed his identity as a Black gay man, 2021. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Biology
Chemistry
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Community
Health & Medicine
Science
Activism
LGBTQIA+
Magazine features
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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