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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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MIT Track hurdles
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1970s

MIT Track, 1975

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MIT Athletics
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Athletics
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
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Lewis "Doc" King Downing
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1920s

Lewis K. Downing '24

Sloan School of Management
Management
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Business & Finance
Education
Engineering
Howard University
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Billie Pope Dance Company of America
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1970s

Billie Pope Dance Company of America, 1973

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Black Students' Union (BSU)
Arts & Humanities
Community
Africa(n)
Caribbean
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Latinx and Latin America(n)
Music
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Document: Truman Notes by Alonzo Fields, 1950
Document
1950s

Document: Truman Notes by Alonzo Fields, 1950

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Government & Law
Alonzo Fields
Samuel W. Stratton
Staff
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Phyllis A. Wallace
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1980s

1982 Westerfield Award: Phyllis A. Wallace

Sloan School of Management
Management
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Business & Finance
Government & Law
Faculty
Honors
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Phyllis A. Wallace
Women
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Document
1980s

Program: First National Conference on Issues Facing Black Administrators at Predominantly White Colleges and Universities, 1982

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Administration
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Education
Administrators
Clarence G. Wiliams
Conferences
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Paul E. Gray
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Dallas Brown, Jr.
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1910s

Dallas Brown, Jr., 1910

School of Engineering
School of Science
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Video
2010s

MIT Spotlight: Peter Hicks, Labor Day (2017)

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Community
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
MIT Quarter Century Club
MIT Spotlight
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Staff
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Project Interphase students
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1970s

Project Interphase students, 1974

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Education
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Interphase
Students
Women
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Radiation Lab Group 36 trainees, 1945
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1940s
2018
MIT Radiation Lab Group 36 trainees, 1945, hired amid the wartime industrial labor shortage. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Education
Engineering
Military
Technology
Lincoln Lab
MIT Rad Lab
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Staff
STEM Education
Inaugural BSU newsletter, 2018
Document
2010s
2018
MIT BSU inaugural newsletter, 2018, summarizing student work ahead of the union's 50th anniversary celebration. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Students' Union (BSU)
Community
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Carolyn Towler, 1979
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1970s
2018
Carolyn Towler, MIT Class of 1980, Materials Science and Engineering, received the Beinecke Memorial Scholarship. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
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Community
Health & Medicine
Athletics
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Technique Yearbook
Women
MIT cheerleaders, 1981
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1980s
2018
MIT cheerleaders, 1981, documenting student athletic life at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Athletics
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Technique Yearbook
Women
Cornel West: Speaking Truth to Power, 2018
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2010s
2018
Cornel West speaks at MIT on institutional provincialism and speaking truth to power, hosted by the GSC, 2018. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
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Arts & Humanities
Community
Education
Activism
Harvard
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Paul Gray and Gloria Green, 1949
1940s
2017
Paul Gray and Gloria Green, MIT Class of 1954, the second Black woman to attend MIT, photographed 1949. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
Architecture
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Education
Dunbar High School
MIT Presidents
Paul E. Gray
Potential Output 1946-1954
Students
Pelkins Ajanoh: "No bounds to how much we can think" (2017)
Video
2010s
2018
Pelkins Ajanoh, MIT Class of 2018 from Cameroon, president of the MIT African Students Association, 2017. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
African Students' Association (ASA)
Engineering
Africa(n)
Family
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Isaiah M. Blankson, 1967
1960s
2017
Isaiah M. Blankson, photographed at MIT in 1967, later a leading NASA aeronautics researcher. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Engineering
Government & Law
Science
Technology
Transportation
Africa(n)
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Isaiah M. Blankson
NASA
Students
Black History Month, 2018
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2010s
2018
Black History Month at MIT, 2018, annual programming celebrating Black students, faculty, and alumni. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Exhibits
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
A Gathering to Honor and Celebrate the Life of Paul E. Gray (2017)
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2010s
2018
MIT community honors former president Paul E. Gray at Kresge Auditorium, November 30, 2017. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Administration
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Community
Education
Administrators
Bridge Leaders
Honors
L. Rafael Reif
MIT Presidents
Jerry Akinsulire: The making of a maker mentor (2017)
Video
2010s
2018
NSE senior Jerry Akinsulire, MIT Class of 2018, profiled as a maker mentor and engineering community leader. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Nuclear Science and Engineering
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Education
Engineering
Science
Africa(n)
Mentorship
MITES
Rising Voices 1995-Present
STEM Education
Melvin H. 'Mel' King, educator, activist, and writer
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2018
Melvin H. King, MIT Community Fellows Program director, educator, activist, and writer. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Government & Law
Technology
Activism
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