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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

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Papillon (2020)

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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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2020s

J. Rosamond Johnson: Lift Every Voice and Sing, for 3 cellos (2020)

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2020s

R. Nathaniel Dett: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends (2020)

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2020s

Black History Month Homily by Fr. Gregory Chisholm (2021)

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2010s

I’m John Urschel, and I Love Math (2019)

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2010s

Tuskegee University - Robert R Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science (2019)

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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
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2010s

The Inclusion Show: Father Gregory Chisholm (2014)

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2000s

CBS News "Eye To Eye": NAACP's Future (2007)

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2020s

Covid-19 vaccines arrive at MIT (2021)

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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Michelle Adams and Mickey Shelton at Lincoln Lab, 1977
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1970s
2017
Michelle Adams and Mickey Shelton at MIT Lincoln Lab during the minority summer internship program, 1977. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Lincoln Lab summer intern, 1981
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1980s
2017
MIT Lincoln Lab minority summer intern, 1981, part of the Institute's research diversity program. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Summer interns at Lincoln Lab, 1976
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1970s
2017
MIT Lincoln Lab minority summer intern program students, 1976, pioneering HBCU-MIT research partnerships. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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MIT students at work, 1982
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1980s
2017
MIT students at work, 1982, documenting student life and research at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Lincoln Lab summer interns, 1981
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1980s
2017
MIT Lincoln Lab minority summer interns, 1981, part of the research diversity internship program. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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BSU IM Basketball Team, 1968
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1960s
2017
MIT Black Students' Union intramural basketball team, 1968, the founding year of the BSU on campus. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Critical Mass 1955-1968
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Question to MIT, 1968
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1960s
2017
Question posed to MIT on admissions and curriculum reform to enroll more Black students, 1968. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Critical Mass 1955-1968
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Three women students, 1968
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1960s
2017
Three MIT women students, 1968, during the year of BSU founding and civil rights activism on campus. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Critical Mass 1955-1968
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"No. 18, The migration gained in momentum" by Jacob Lawrence
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1940s
2017
Migration of the Negro panel No. 18 by Jacob Lawrence, depicting the Great Migration northward. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Order of Operations 1921-1945
Unicycle novice, 1960s
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1960s
2017
MIT unicycle novice, 1960s, documenting student recreation and campus life at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Critical Mass 1955-1968
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"Where do we stand?" in 1968
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1960s
2017
A 1968 photograph of a 'Where do we stand?' banner on MIT's Kresge Theater, part of a Martin Luther King Jr. exhibit following his assassination, documenting student activism at the Institute.
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Critical Mass 1955-1968
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Pantonic Steel Orchestra at MIT (2011)
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2010s
2017
Pantonic Steel Orchestra visits MIT as guests of the MIT Caribbean Club, 2011. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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