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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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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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2010s

Sneaking onto Campus: Belly Flops and Basketball (2016)

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Chocolate City (CC)
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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
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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)
Science
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Shirley A. Jackson
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Chocolate City, 1986
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1980s
2018
Chocolate City, MIT's Black student living group in New House 1, photographed in 1986. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Students' Union (BSU)
Chocolate City (CC)
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Technique Yearbook
Chocolate City, 1983
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1980s
2018
Chocolate City, MIT's Black student living group in New House 1, photographed in 1983. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Technique Yearbook
Chester Buffalo, 1971 [duplicate]
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1970s
2018
Chester Buffalo, photographed at MIT in 1971, a duplicate image from early Black student community records. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Chester Buffalo, 1971
2018
Chester Buffalo, photographed at MIT in 1971, part of the early Black student community at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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S. James Gates, Jr. at Interphase, 1975
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1970s
2018
S. James Gates Jr. as a student at MIT Project Interphase, 1975, before his physics career. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Harvard
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Interphase
Martin Luther King, Jr.
National Medal of Science: S. James Gates, 2013
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2010s
2017
S. James Gates, MIT Class of 1973, awarded the National Medal of Science by President Obama, 2013. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Physics
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
Sylvester James Gates, Jr.
SPURS Fellows of 1969-1970
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1960s
2018
SPURS Fellows of 1969-1970, the MIT Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies international cohort. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Engineering
Africa(n)
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Latinx and Latin America(n)
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Noel Solomons, ca. 2012
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2010s
2018
Noel Solomons, MIT nutrition professor 1977-1984, son of Gus Solomons Jr., MIT Class of 1961. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
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Health & Medicine
Boston University
Faculty
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Harvard
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Evelynn M. Hammonds, 1980
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1980s
2018
Evelynn M. Hammonds, MIT SM 1980 in Physics, historian of science and former Dean of Harvard College. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
School of Science
Science, Technology, and Society
Physics
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Education
Science
Faculty
Harvard
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Women
Black Women in the Academy conference: Panel with Angela Davis, 1994
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1990s
2018
Angela Davis leads a panel at the 1994 Black Women in the Academy conference at MIT. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
History
Science, Technology, and Society
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Black Women in the Academy conference: Hammonds, Kilson, and Vest, 1994
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1990s
2017
Professors Hammonds and Kilson with MIT President Vest at the 1994 Black Women in the Academy conference. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
History
Humanities
Science, Technology, and Society
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Charles Vest
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Harvard
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Howard W. Davis, 1975
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1970s
2018
Howard Winslow Davis, MIT Class of 1975, earned his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Chemistry
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Technique Yearbook
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