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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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MIT students at work
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1980s

MIT students at work, 1982

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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Lincoln Lab summer interns
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1980s

Lincoln Lab summer interns, 1981

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Military
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Technology
HBCUs
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Lincoln Lab
Recruitment
STEM Education
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BSU IM Team
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1960s

BSU IM Basketball Team, 1968

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Black Students' Union (BSU)
Community
Athletics
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Students
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Question to MIT, 1968
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1960s

Question to MIT, 1968

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Administration
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Activism
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Data
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Recruitment
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Three women students
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1960s

Three women students, 1968

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Critical Mass 1955-1968
Students
Women
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No. 18, The migration gained in momentum
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1940s

"No. 18, The migration gained in momentum" by Jacob Lawrence

School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
Urban Studies and Planning
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Arts & Humanities
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Illustrations
Order of Operations 1921-1945
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Unicycle novice
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1960s

Unicycle novice, 1960s

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Community
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Students
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"Where do we stand?" banner
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1960s

"Where do we stand?" in 1968

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Critical Mass 1955-1968
Exhibits
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2010s

Pantonic Steel Orchestra at MIT (2011)

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Caribbean Club
Arts & Humanities
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Caribbean
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Recruitment
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Timeline
MIT Class of 2020 President: Nwanacho Nwana, 2020
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2020s
2020
Nwanacho Nwana, president of the MIT Class of 2020, speaks at MIT's first online Commencement, 2020. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
Sloan School of Management
Economics
Political Science
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Community
Africa(n)
Brass Rat
Commencement
COVID-19
Honors
Walt and Stan, 1973
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1970s
2020
A 1973 photograph of Walter Eustace Gibbons '73 and Stanley David Reed '74, two Black MIT students who went on to careers in electrical engineering and chemistry respectively.
School of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Black Students' Union (BSU)
MIT Athletics
Community
Athletics
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Anikia Nelson: Peaceful Loving Vibrant Podcast (2020)
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2020s
2020
Anikia Nelson, MIT 2010, created the Peaceful Loving Vibrant Podcast on meditation for people of color. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Health & Medicine
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Women
From BSU to BAMIT: MIT's Black Students' Union turns 50 (2018)
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2010s
2018
From BSU to BAMIT: MIT's Black Students' Union turns 50, 2018, a history of 50 years of Black student community. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT)
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Community
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Afrofuturism
Brass Rat
Ernest Cohen
Honors
MIT Baddies: Beauty & Brains (2020)
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2020s
2020
MIT Baddies: Beauty and Brains DontRush Challenge video featuring MIT women students, spring 2020. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
COVID-19
Fashion
Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
"Heal! — A Battle Poem for the Climate and Its Defenders" (2020)
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2020s
2020
Premiere of Heal!, a climate poem by Tiandra Ray, MIT 2015, performed by the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, 2020. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
Music and Theater Arts
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Arts & Humanities
Activism
Music
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Women
David Adjaye discusses Eero Saarinen’s MIT Chapel (2016)
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2010s
2020
Architect David Adjaye discusses Eero Saarinen's MIT Chapel during his 2015-16 Eugene McDermott Award residency. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
Media Arts and Sciences
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Arts & Humanities
Community
Engineering
Technology
Africa(n)
Rising Voices 1995-Present
MIT Better World: Marty Culpepper, 2020
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2020s
2020
MIT professor Marty Culpepper speaks at MIT Better World Westchester/Fairfield event, February 2020. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Community
Engineering
Technology
Faculty
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Talks
NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, 2020
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2020s
2020
NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson speaks at MIT Lincoln Lab MLK Luncheon, 2020. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Community
Government & Law
Science
Technology
Transportation
Harvard
Keynotes
Lincoln Lab
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mentorship
BCAP Fellows: Melissa Isidor and Danielle Geathers, 2020
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2020s
2020
BCAP Fellows Melissa Isidor and Danielle Geathers, 2020, supported by BAMIT's student public-service program. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Urban Studies and Planning
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Community
Education
Engineering
Health & Medicine
Activism
LGBTQIA+
Magazine features
Mentorship
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Bernard Loyd: Raising $8M to restore Bronzeville`s Forum (2020)
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2020s
2020
Bernard Loyd, MIT 1985 and PhD 1989, left aerodynamics for community development in Bronzeville, Chicago. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Arts & Humanities
Community
Engineering
Government & Law
Activism
Africa(n)
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Magazine features
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Frederick J. Hemmings, 1897
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1890s
2017
Frederick J. Hemmings, MIT Class of 1897, Roxbury chemist who installed Tuskegee's first electrical equipment. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Chemistry
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Military
Science
Family
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Technique Yearbook
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