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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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Rhonda Jordan-Antoine, 2011
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2010s

Rhonda Jordan-Antoine, 2011

School of Engineering
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
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Business & Finance
Community
Engineering
Technology
Africa(n)
Magazine features
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Women
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Africa Summer Conference Fellows, 1962
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1960s

Africa Summer Conference Fellows, 1962

Sloan School of Management
Management
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Business & Finance
Africa(n)
Conferences
Critical Mass 1955-1968
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Ray Charles at the Armory, 1961
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1960s

Ray Charles at the Armory, 1961

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Arts & Humanities
Community
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Music
Students
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Whitney Young at the White House, 1964
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1960s

Whitney Young at the White House, 1964

School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Engineering
Government & Law
Activism
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Harvard
Martin Luther King, Jr.
NAACP
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“Celebrate the truth of the dream with love” by Wisthon Thimé
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2020s

“Celebrate the truth of the dream with love” by Wisthon Thimé, 2022

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Community
Activism
Administrators
Illustrations
Keynotes
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Rotch Library glass portrait mosaic, 1980
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1980s

Rotch Library glass portrait mosaic, 1980

School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
Architecture
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Arts & Humanities
Community
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Students
Technique Yearbook
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Letter from Arthur D. Jewell to The Crisis, 1932
Document
1930s

Letter from Arthur D. Jewell to The Crisis, 1932

School of Engineering
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Mechanical Engineering
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Education
Commencement
Honors
Magazine features
NAACP
Order of Operations 1921-1945
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William Wilson Cooke

William W. Cooke, ca. mid-1900s

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MIT Solar Car: "I Love Black," 2020
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2020s

MIT Solar Car: "I Love Black," 2020

School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Community
Engineering
Technology
Transportation
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
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John W. Brean at work
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1950s
2017
John W. Brean at work at MIT, one of the Black researchers recruited during World War II. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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John Brean
MIT Rad Lab
Potential Output 1946-1954
Staff
Aprille Ericsson '86 at MITES, 1980
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1980s
2017
Aprille Ericsson, future MIT 1986 graduate and NASA engineer, at MIT's MITES summer program, 1980. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT)
Engineering
Aprille J. Ericsson
Howard University
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
MITES
NASA
Aprille J. Ericsson, NASA Instrument Manager (2012)
Video
2010s
2017
NASA profile of Aprille Joy Ericsson, MIT 1986, Deputy Instrument Manager for the ICESat Atlas, 2012. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT)
Engineering
Aprille J. Ericsson
Howard University
NASA
Rising Voices 1995-Present
STEM Education
Mission Specialist Robert L. Satcher, Jr., 2009
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2000s
2017
Robert Satcher Jr., MIT 1986 and PhD 1993, NASA astronaut and mission specialist, photographed 2009. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
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Engineering
Health & Medicine
Science
Technology
Harvard
NASA
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Robert L. Satcher, Jr.
Ronald E. McNair
NASA Astronaut Dr. Robert L. Satcher Jr. (2010)
Video
2010s
2017
Robert Satcher Jr., MIT alumnus and NASA astronaut, profiled by NASA, 2010. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
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Health & Medicine
Harvard
NASA
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Robert L. Satcher, Jr.
Isaiah M. Blankson on Killian Lawn, 1967
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2017
Isaiah M. Blankson on Killian Lawn, 1967, photographed as an aeronautics student at MIT. 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
STS 41B Challenger Crewmembers, 1983
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1980s
2017
STS 41-B Challenger crewmembers, 1983, including MIT PhD Ronald E. McNair, photographed before the mission. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Physics
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Engineering
Science
Technology
Transportation
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
NASA
Ronald E. McNair
Woodrow Whitlow, Jr., 1974
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1970s
2017
Woodrow Whitlow Jr. '74, PhD '79, son of custodial workers who dreamed of space, went on to a distinguished 34-year career at NASA and was awarded the agency's highest honor.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Engineering
Science
Technology
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
NASA
Students
Wesley L. Harris
Isaiah Blankson on the cover of Science Spectrum, 2005
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2000s
2017
Isaiah M. Blankson, MIT Class of 1969, NASA aeronautics researcher, on the cover of Science Spectrum, 2005. 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
Magazine features
NASA
William B. Rogers, ca. 1869
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1870s
2017
A portrait of William Barton Rogers, MIT's visionary founder, taken around 1869 and showing the geologist and educator who championed the polytechnic model that defined MIT's founding mission.
School of Science
Administration
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Education
Administrators
Faculty
MIT Presidents
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
William B. Rogers
Historian Craig S. Wilder, 2013
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2010s
2017
MIT Professor Craig Steven Wilder, historian of American institutions, photographed in 2013. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
History
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Arts & Humanities
Education
Faculty
Harvard
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Lecture, ca. 1900
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1900s
2017
MIT lecture hall, ca. 1900, at the Institute's original Back Bay campus in Boston. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Education
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Students
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