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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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2010s

General Impressions: Those Big Columns (2016)

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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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2010s

MIT's Neighborhood (2016)

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2010s

Sneaking onto Campus: Belly Flops and Basketball (2016)

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Rising Voices 1995-Present
WGBH/WTBS
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Frank S. Jones, 1976
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1970s

Frank S. Jones, 1976

School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Commencement
Community Fellows Program
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Frank S. Jones, Richard Prather, and Thomas Welch, ca. 1970
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1970s

Frank S. Jones, Richard Prather, and Thomas Welch, ca. 1970

School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Soft City map, 2022
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2020s

Soft City map, 2022

School of Architecture and Planning
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Architecture
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Convocation, 2022
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2020s

Convocation, 2022

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L. Rafael Reif
Magazine features
Melissa Nobles
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W. Ahmad Salih
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1970s

W. Ahmad Salih, 1972

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Black Students' Union (BSU)
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Shirley Jackson, ca. 1973
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1970s

Shirley Jackson, ca. 1973

School of Science
Physics
Black Students' Union (BSU)
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Shirley A. Jackson
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MIT Gospel Choir, 1978
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1970s
2018
MIT Gospel Choir, 1978, a source of faith and community for Black students at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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MIT Gospel Choir
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Student leaders, 2015
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2010s
2018
BSU and BGSA student leaders meet to address equity and inclusion concerns at MIT, December 2015. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Nthato Motlana at MIT, 1985
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1980s
2017
South African physician Nthato Motlana speaks at MIT's 1985 Institute Colloquium on Apartheid. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Government & Law
Activism
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Keynotes
2nd Annual MLK Celebration — Walter J. Leonard, 1975
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1970s
2018
Walter J. Leonard delivers the keynote at MIT's 2nd Annual MLK Breakfast, Kresge Auditorium, 1975. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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MIT Gospel Choir
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Harvard
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Martin Luther King, Jr.
MIT Gospel Choir, 1974
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1970s
2017
MIT Gospel Choir, 1974, documenting the faith and music community among Black MIT students. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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MIT Gospel Choir
Arts & Humanities
Faith
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Students
Cast of "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf ," 1992
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1990s
2018
MIT production of Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, 1992. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Music and Theater Arts
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Pop Culture
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Women
Henry A. Hill, ca. 1977
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1970s
2017
Henry Aaron Hill, MIT PhD 1942, became the first Black president of the American Chemical Society in 1977. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Chemistry
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Government & Law
Science
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
MIT Corporation
Order of Operations 1921-1945
University of Chicago
Halloween party, 1984
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1980s
2018
Halloween party at MIT, 1984, documenting student social life in the Black community at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Living Groups
Pop Culture
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Technique Yearbook
D. Fox Harrell — Virtual Identities (Future of Storytelling, 2017)
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2010s
2017
MIT Professor D. Fox Harrell on virtual identities and how human bias shapes digital storytelling systems, 2017. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
School of Science
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Arts & Humanities
Science
Technology
Faculty
Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
From MIT List Collection: "Watson and the Shark," 1990
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2000s
2018
Watson and the Shark (1990) by Eric Avery, from the MIT List Visual Arts Center Student Loan Art Collection. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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High school student visitors on Killian Court, 1972
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1970s
2017
High school students visit Killian Court, 1972, part of MIT's first major effort to recruit Black students. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Students' Union (BSU)
Education
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Faculty
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Recruitment
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High school student visitors on Mass. Ave., 1972
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1970s
2017
High school student visitors on Mass. Ave., 1972, as part of MIT's first Black student recruitment initiative. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Administration
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Education
Administrators
Faculty
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Recruitment
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