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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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50 years of Interphase EDGE at MIT (2019)

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Scholarships at MIT: A Climate of Growth for Jonathan Sampson ’20 (2019)

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Cardinal Warde on STEM education (2018)

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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1958
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2010s

Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1958

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Critical Mass 1955-1968
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Carolyn Beatrice Parker
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1950s

Carolyn Beatrice Parker, ca. 1949

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Potential Output 1946-1954
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2010s

A Celebration of Life: Phil Freelon (2019)

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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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2010s

MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble tours Puerto Rico (2019)

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Caribbean
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Alula Hunsen, 2019
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2010s

Alula Hunsen, 2019

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Sloan School of Management
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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MIT BSU Black Homecoming flyer, 2019
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2010s

Flyer: MIT BSU Black Homecoming, 2019

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Black Students' Union (BSU)
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Interphase
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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MIT CoLab: Boston Ujima Project (2016)
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2010s
2021
MIT CoLab and Boston Ujima Project, a community-centered economic development collaboration, 2016. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Urban Studies and Planning
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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#BlackInTheIvory​: Academia's Role in Institutional Racism (2020)
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2020s
2021
BlackInTheIvory, 2020 forum on systemic bias in academia, documenting Black scientists' experiences in research. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Nuclear Science and Engineering
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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David Sengeh and daughter, 2020
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2020s
2020
David Moinina Sengeh, MIT SM 2012 and PhD 2016, Chief Innovation Officer of Sierra Leone, during the pandemic. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
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Africa(n)
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
Subjective Mind by Louis Fouché (2012)
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2010s
2017
Louis Fouche, MIT Class of 2007, releases debut jazz album Subjective Mind, a blues and jazz fusion, 2012. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
Scott Joplin: The Entertainer, for 4 cellos (2020)
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2020s
2021
Scott Joplin's The Entertainer, performed for four cellos by the MIT Ribotones, 2020. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Florence Beatrice Price: Resignation, for 3 cellos (2020)
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2020s
2021
MIT Ribotones perform Florence Beatrice Price's Resignation for three cellos, Music Unites equity series, 2020. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Papillon (2020)
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2020s
2021
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Papillon, performed by the MIT Ribotones Music Unites project, 2020. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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J. Rosamond Johnson: Lift Every Voice and Sing, for 3 cellos (2020)
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2020s
2021
MIT Ribotones perform J. Rosamond Johnson's Lift Every Voice and Sing for cellos, Music Unites series, 2020. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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R. Nathaniel Dett: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends (2020)
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2020s
2021
R. Nathaniel Dett's The Place Where the Rainbow Ends, performed by the MIT Ribotones, 2020. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Black History Month Homily by Fr. Gregory Chisholm (2021)
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2020s
2021
Fr. Gregory Chisholm, MIT 1973 and PhD 1989, Black History Month Homily at St. Patrick's Cathedral, 2021. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Keynotes
Rising Voices 1995-Present
I’m John Urschel, and I Love Math (2019)
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2010s
2021
John Urschel, MIT doctoral student and NFL player, on his love of math at an MIT Better World event, 2019. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Mathematics
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Athletics
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
STEM Education
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Tuskegee University - Robert R Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science (2019)
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2010s
2021
Tuskegee University's Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture, honoring MIT's first Black graduate, 2019. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Booker T. Washington
HBCUs
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
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