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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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Robert R. Taylor with classmates
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1890s

Robert R. Taylor with classmates, 1892

School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Engineering
Booker T. Washington
Robert R. Taylor
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
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Robert R. Taylor portrait
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1890s

Robert R. Taylor, 1892

School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Education
Engineering
Booker T. Washington
Ellen Swallow Richards
Robert R. Taylor
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
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Illustration: Society of '87, 1887
Document
1880s

Illustration: Society of '87, 1887

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Illustrations
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Warren E. Henry, ca. 1943
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1940s

Warren E. Henry, ca. 1943

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Education
Engineering
Military
Science
HBCUs
Howard University
MIT Rad Lab
Morehouse
Tuskegee
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John B. Dixon
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1890s

John B. Dixon, 1899

School of Science
Chemistry
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Science
Family
Howard University
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Wendell P. Terrell
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1900s

Wendell P. Terrell, 1906

School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
Architecture
Mechanical Engineering
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Education
Engineering
Military
HBCUs
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Emmett J. Scott, 1921
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1920s

Emmett J. Scott, 1921

School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Engineering
Government & Law
Military
Booker T. Washington
Howard University
Middle East
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
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Video
2010s

Tribute to William H. Ramsey (2015)

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Administration
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Education
Science
Technology
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Honors
Mentorship
MITES
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Video
2010s

"I Was Here" by Chelsi E. Green (2013)

School of Science
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Health & Medicine
Commencement
L. Rafael Reif
Music
Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Timeline
Document: American Women in Science and Engineering symposium program cover, 1964
Document
1960s
2019
Program cover for the 1964 MIT symposium American Women in Science and Engineering, attended by 200 universities. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Engineering
Science
Conferences
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Lincoln Lab
Students
Women
Inez Hazel at the SWE National Convention, 1956
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1950s
2019
Inez Hazel at the SWE National Convention, 1956, a pioneering computer programmer who retired from MIT at age 70. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Engineering
Conferences
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Harvard
Lincoln Lab
Mentorship
Black Women in the Academy conference: Angela Davis and Judi Love Bowman, 1994
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1990s
2019
Angela Davis and Judi Love Bowman at the 1994 Black Women in the Academy conference at MIT. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Education
Activism
Charles Vest
Conferences
Harvard
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Black Women in the Academy conference program cover, 1994
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1990s
2019
Program cover for Black Women in the Academy: Defending Our Name, 1894-1994, MIT 1994 national conference. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Charles Vest
Conferences
Faculty
Harvard
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Wonder Woman #50: Ellen Swallow Richards, 1950s
Document
1950s
2019
A DC Comics 'Wonder Women of History' feature from the 1950s highlighting MIT's first female graduate Ellen Swallow Richards, who graduated in 1873 and became a pioneer in sanitary chemistry.
School of Science
Chemistry
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Arts & Humanities
Education
Science
Booker T. Washington
Ellen Swallow Richards
Faculty
Illustrations
Magazine features
Storied Women of MIT: Kristala L. Jones Prather (2017)
Video
2010s
2019
Kristala Jones Prather in MIT's Storied Women series, 2017, profiling Black MIT women scientists. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Engineering
Faculty
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Kristala Jones Prather
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Women
Katherine Johnson
Image
1950s
2019
Katherine G. Johnson, NASA mathematician whose calculations sent astronauts to orbit and the moon. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Mathematics
Science
Technology
Transportation
Critical Mass 1955-1968
HBCUs
Mentorship
NASA
Potential Output 1946-1954
What if Mildred Dresselhaus was treated like a celebrity?
Video
2010s
2017
A 2017 General Electric ad campaign imagining what it would look like if a scientist like Mildred Dresselhaus were treated with the same celebrity adoration as a pop star.
School of Engineering
School of Science
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Physics
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Engineering
Bridge Leaders
Faculty
Harvard
Lincoln Lab
Mildred Dresselhaus
Poster: Juliana Rotich, 2018
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2010s
2019
Poster for technologist and BRCK co-founder Juliana Rotich's MIT visit, 2018. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Community
Technology
Activism
Africa(n)
Illustrations
Rising Voices 1995-Present
STEM Education
Young, Gifted, and Black: Black Women at MIT (1994)
Video
1990s
2018
A 1994 video from the 'Young, Gifted, and Black' cable series, featuring interviews with Black women faculty and students at MIT about their research and experiences at the Institute.
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
School of Science
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Architecture
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Chemical Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Community
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Paula T. Hammond
Students
Women
BET "Black Girls Rock!" Tech Award: Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden (2018)
Video
2010s
2019
Mareena Robinson-Snowden, MIT PhD 2017, first Black woman to earn a nuclear engineering PhD from MIT. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
Education
Engineering
Science
Technology
Honors
Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
STEM Education
Women
Ron McNair at MIT II, late 1970s
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1970s
2019
Ron McNair at MIT, late 1970s, during his doctoral studies under physicist Michael Feld. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Physics
Omega Psi Phi
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Michael Feld
NASA
Ronald E. McNair
Students
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