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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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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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1980s

Working Women: Jennie Patrick (1983)

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Chemical Engineering
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Tuskegee
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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

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School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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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)

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Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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1980s

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

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MIT Gospel Choir
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Clarence G. Wiliams
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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
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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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Robert R. Taylor with classmates, 1892
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1890s
2017
Robert Robinson Taylor with MIT classmates, 1892, the first known Black MIT graduate. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Booker T. Washington
Robert R. Taylor
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
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Robert R. Taylor, 1892
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1890s
2017
Robert Robinson Taylor, MIT Class of 1892, the first known Black student to graduate from MIT. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Engineering
Booker T. Washington
Ellen Swallow Richards
Robert R. Taylor
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Illustration: Society of '87, 1887
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1880s
2017
Society of '87 illustration, 1887, the earliest graphic evidence of Black presence in MIT publications. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Illustrations
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Technique Yearbook
Warren E. Henry, ca. 1943
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1940s
2017
A profile of Warren Elliott Henry, a chemist-physicist who trained at MIT around 1943 and whose roots trace to Tuskegee, where George Washington Carver was a family acquaintance.
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John B. Dixon, 1899
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1890s
2017
John Brown Dixon, MIT Class of 1899, one of the earliest Black graduates of the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Chemistry
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Howard University
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Technique Yearbook
Wendell P. Terrell, 1906
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1900s
2017
Wendell Phillip Terrell '06, son of two Texas educators, documents one of MIT's earliest Black graduates and the educational legacy his family carried into the twentieth century.
School of Architecture and Planning
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Architecture
Mechanical Engineering
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HBCUs
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
Technique Yearbook
Emmett J. Scott, 1921
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1920s
2017
Emmett Jay Scott Jr., MIT Class of 1921, civil engineer, served in WWI and the Foreign Operations Administration. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Engineering
Government & Law
Military
Booker T. Washington
Howard University
Middle East
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
Tribute to William H. Ramsey (2015)
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2010s
2017
Tribute to OEOP director William H. Ramsey, delivered by Dedric Carter at MIT, 2015. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Administration
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Science
Technology
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MITES
Rising Voices 1995-Present
"I Was Here" by Chelsi E. Green (2013)
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2010s
2017
Chelsi E. Green, MIT Class of 2013 and McNair Scholar, performs a cover of I Was Here as a class tribute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Health & Medicine
Commencement
L. Rafael Reif
Music
Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Hubert E. Jones, Mass. Humanities Governor's Award in the Humanities (2014)
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2010s
2017
Hubert E. Jones, MIT DUSP professor 1973-77, receives the Massachusetts Humanities Governor's Award, 2014. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Community
Education
Community Fellows Program
Faculty
Honors
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Music
MIT Spotlight: Marlyse Reeves '17
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2010s
2017
Marlyse Reeves, MIT Class of 2017, president of MIT Women in Aerospace Engineering student group. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Women in Aerospace Engineering (WAE)
Community
Engineering
Mentorship
MIT Spotlight
NASA
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
President Obama visits the Hammond Lab, 2009
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2000s
2017
President Obama visits Paula Hammond's lab at MIT during his 2009 campus visit. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
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Community
Education
Engineering
Government & Law
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Faculty
Paula T. Hammond
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Women
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