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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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2020s

Impact of Your Vote (2020)

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Science, Technology, and Society
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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1980s

Working Women: Jennie Patrick (1983)

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Chemical Engineering
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Engineering
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Tuskegee
Women
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Protest for Divestment at MIT, 1990
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1990s

Protest for Divestment at MIT, 1990

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Africa(n)
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Private collection of Lawrence Kolodney
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1980s

MIT Shantytown, 1986

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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Anti-Apartheid 'shanty' demonstration, 1990
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1990s

Anti-Apartheid 'shanty' demonstration, 1990

School of Architecture and Planning
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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Political Science
Urban Studies and Planning
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
MIT Corporation
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2020s

"Applaud the Culture" on The Real: Tiera Fletcher (2021)

School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Technology
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Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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1980s

Ronald E. McNair Building Dedication, Center for Space Research (1986)

School of Engineering
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Aeronautics and Astronautics
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MIT Gospel Choir
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Clarence G. Wiliams
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Honors
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Michael Feld
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1970s

Memorandum: An Excellent Affirmative Action Plan Versus Failure to Meet Goals Relative to Black Faculty and Staff, 1975

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Clarence G. Wiliams
Data
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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2010s

andré carrington- "The Tip of the Iceberg: Sound Studies and the Future of Afrofuturism," 2018

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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James H. Williams, Jr. and the world's largest yo-yo, 1974
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1970s
2018
James H. Williams Jr., MIT Class of 1967, builds the world's largest yo-yo with students during IAP, 1974. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Education
Engineering
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Kakamega Secondary School students, 1961
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1960s
2018
Students from Kakamega Secondary School in Kenya visit MIT, 1961. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Mathematics
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Community
Education
Mathematics
Technology
Africa(n)
Critical Mass 1955-1968
STEM Education
Students
Joseph A. Bonner, 1929
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1920s
2018
Joseph Andrew Bonner, MIT Class of 1929, Civil Engineering graduate from Boston. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
Technique Yearbook
Westervelt A. Taylor, 1927
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1920s
2018
Westervelt A. Taylor '27 earned a Civil Engineering degree from MIT in 1927 and went on to become the first African American appointed as Assistant District Attorney in Queens, New York City.
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Engineering
Government & Law
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
Technique Yearbook
Paul V. Jewell, 1926
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1920s
2018
Paul Vernon Jewell, MIT Class of 1926 in Economics, an early Black MIT graduate. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
Sloan School of Management
Economics
Omega Psi Phi
Education
Engineering
Science
Technology
Latinx and Latin America(n)
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
Technique Yearbook
Victor C. Smith, 1924
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1920s
2017
Victor Claude Smith '24, SM '26, ScD '30 made history as one of the earliest Black graduates to earn three MIT degrees, including a doctorate in the 1930s.
School of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Omega Psi Phi
Engineering
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Staff
Students
Technique Yearbook
MIT Track, 1975 [duplicate]
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1970s
2018
MIT Track team, 1975, documenting Black student athletes at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Athletics
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Technique Yearbook
Illustration: "Brass Shield" by Alyssa Napier, 2015
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2010s
2017
Brass Shield, illustration by MIT chemistry major Alyssa Napier for her column in The Tech, 2015. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Chemistry
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Black Women's Alliance (BWA)
Arts & Humanities
Education
Activism
Brass Rat
Illustrations
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Comic strip: "Impostor Syndrome" by Alyssa Napier, 2015
Document
2010s
2017
Impostor Syndrome, comic strip by MIT chemistry major Alyssa Napier, published in The Tech from 2014. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Chemistry
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Black Women's Alliance (BWA)
Arts & Humanities
Education
Illustrations
Recruitment
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Women
TRANSCRIPT: "Persuading Talented Teenagers to Dream Bigger" by Shirley A. Jackson, 2013
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2000s
2018
Shirley Jackson's 2013 BAMIT address on persuading talented teenagers to dream bigger. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT)
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Community
Education
Honors
Kristala Jones Prather
Paula T. Hammond
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Shirley A. Jackson
BSU 50th Reunion invitation, 2018
Document
2010s
2018
Invitation to BSU 50th anniversary reunion at MIT, April 20-22, 2018, with the BAMIT Capstone celebration. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT)
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Community
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Bernice Williams at Interphase, 1974
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1970s
2018
Bernice Williams at MIT Project Interphase, 1974, later earning a Mechanical Engineering degree in 1978. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
MIT Gospel Choir
Arts & Humanities
Education
Engineering
Technology
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Interphase
Students
Women
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