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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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Napoleon Nelson, 1974
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1970s

Napoleon Nelson, 1974

Sloan School of Management
Management
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Business & Finance
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Technique Yearbook
University of Pennsylvania
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Lyman J. Alexander, 1973
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1970s

Lyman J. Alexander, 1973

School of Science
Physics
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Community
Faith
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Interphase
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Abdalla Ibrahim El-Twaty, 1972
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1970s

Abdalla Ibrahim El-Twaty, 1972

School of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
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Education
Engineering
Africa(n)
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Middle East
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Luther T. Prince, Jr, 1952
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1950s

Luther T. Prince, Jr., 1952

School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Business & Finance
Engineering
Military
Technology
Transportation
Potential Output 1946-1954
Students
Technique Yearbook
Tuskegee
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Student-Faculty Committee, c. 1952
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1950s

Student-Faculty Committee, c. 1952

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
History
Humanities
Literature
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Community
Education
Faculty
Mentorship
Potential Output 1946-1954
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Video
2010s

Renée Richardson Gosline: How branding 101 can make leaders more mindful of diversity (2015)

Sloan School of Management
Management
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Business & Finance
Faculty
Harvard
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Women
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Video
2010s

Phil Freelon and David Adjaye: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (2016)

School of Architecture and Planning
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Architecture
Humanities
Media Arts and Sciences
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Arts & Humanities
Africa(n)
Afrofuturism
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Video
2010s

B. Stephen Carpenter II- Double Taking and Troublemaking: Socially Engaged Practice as Intentionally Disruptive Art (2017)

School of Architecture and Planning
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Architecture
Humanities
Science, Technology, and Society
Urban Studies and Planning
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Arts & Humanities
Community
Education
Activism
Africa(n)
Latinx and Latin America(n)
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Ulysses J. Montgomery, 1952
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1950s

Ulysses J. Montgomery, 1952

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Political Science
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Business & Finance
Community
Engineering
Africa(n)
Middle East
Potential Output 1946-1954
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Type
Timeline
BAMIT Capstone Weekend: A Backward Glance at Our History and a Look Forward at Our Future (2018)
Video
2010s
2019
BAMIT Capstone Weekend, November 2018, honoring the BSU's 50th anniversary, theme: The Road to 50. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT)
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Community
Afrofuturism
Clarence G. Wiliams
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Honors
Keynotes
Kelvin Doe wows MIT (2012)
Video
2010s
2018
Kelvin Doe, 15-year-old Sierra Leonean engineering whiz, visits MIT to share his self-taught innovations, 2012. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
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Arts & Humanities
Education
Technology
Africa(n)
Harvard
Mentorship
Music
Recruitment
James B. Ames, 1937
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1930s
2017
James Bradford Ames, MIT Class of 1937, among the first African Americans to earn a chemistry degree at MIT. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Chemistry
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Africa(n)
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
Technique Yearbook
Ceasar McDowell: "Democracy from the Margins" (2015)
Video
2010s
2018
MIT Professor Ceasar McDowell on designing cities with marginalized communities at the center, 2015. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Community
Government & Law
Activism
Faculty
Harvard
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Talks
Transcript: AIChE Interview with Henry T. Brown, 2015
Document
2010s
2017
Transcript of AIChE interview with MIT chemical engineer Henry T. Brown on his career, 2015. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
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Education
Engineering
Science
Activism
Critical Mass 1955-1968
NAACP
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Storied Women of MIT: Melissa Nobles (2018)
Video
2010s
2018
Melissa Nobles, MIT SHASS Dean, profiled in the Storied Women of MIT series, 2018. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Political Science
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Arts & Humanities
Education
Administrators
Faculty
Melissa Nobles
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Women
Marcus Thompson with MIT Experimental Music Studio, c. 1973
Video
1970s
2018
Marcus Thompson performs with the MIT Experimental Music Studio and onstage at Kresge, ca. 1973. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Media Arts and Sciences
Music and Theater Arts
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Arts & Humanities
Technology
Faculty
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Marcus A. Thompson
Music
Robert T. Coles, late 1960s
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1960s
2018
Robert T. Coles, MIT MArch 1955, architect and author, photographed in the late 1960s. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Community
Government & Law
Activism
Athletics
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Robert T. Coles: Architecture + Advocacy (Alumni Books Podcast), 2017
Audio
2010s
2018
Robert T. Coles, MIT MArch 1955, discusses Architecture and Advocacy on the Alumni Books Podcast, 2017. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Community
Government & Law
Activism
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Brochure: Architecture+Advocacy by Robert T. Coles, 2016
Document
2010s
2018
Brochure for Architecture and Advocacy (2016) by Robert T. Coles, MIT MArch 1955, on race and design. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Community
Activism
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Humans of MIT: Ryan King-Shepard, 2014
Image
2010s
2018
Humans of MIT: Ryan King-Shepard on performing improv comedy in Boston clubs while studying at MIT, 2014. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering
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Community
Humans of MIT
Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Humans of MIT: Xavier Hubbard, 2014
Image
2010s
2017
Humans of MIT: Xavier Hubbard, MIT Class of 2014, on working with MDF and belt sanders in MIT's workshops. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
School of Science
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
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Community
Engineering
Humans of MIT
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
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