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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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2010s

General Impressions: Those Big Columns (2016)

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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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2010s

MIT's Neighborhood (2016)

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2010s

Sneaking onto Campus: Belly Flops and Basketball (2016)

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Rising Voices 1995-Present
WGBH/WTBS
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Frank S. Jones, 1976
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1970s

Frank S. Jones, 1976

School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Commencement
Community Fellows Program
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Frank S. Jones, Richard Prather, and Thomas Welch, ca. 1970
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1970s

Frank S. Jones, Richard Prather, and Thomas Welch, ca. 1970

School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Soft City map, 2022
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2020s

Soft City map, 2022

School of Architecture and Planning
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Architecture
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Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Women
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Convocation, 2022
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2020s

Convocation, 2022

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L. Rafael Reif
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Melissa Nobles
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W. Ahmad Salih
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1970s

W. Ahmad Salih, 1972

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Black Students' Union (BSU)
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Shirley Jackson, ca. 1973
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1970s

Shirley Jackson, ca. 1973

School of Science
Physics
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Science
Activism
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Shirley A. Jackson
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Irving V. Yancey, 1951
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1950s
2017
Irving Victor Yancey, MIT Class of 1951, Aeronautical Engineering graduate and U.S. Army veteran. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Aeronautics and Astronautics
Kappa Alpha Psi
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Potential Output 1946-1954
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Technique Yearbook
Daniel A. Badejo, 1953
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1950s
2017
Daniel Adebiyi Badejo, MIT BS and MS 1953-54 in Civil Engineering, later chief engineer at Shell Nigeria. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Technique Yearbook
William H. Ramsey, 1951
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1950s
2017
William H. Ramsey '51 led MIT's Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) program from 1988 until his death in 1995, and is honored by an endowed fund in his name.
School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Potential Output 1946-1954
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Arthur R. Blackwell, 1951
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1950s
2017
Arthur R. Blackwell, MIT 1951, Chicago-born Mechanical Engineering graduate raised in New York City. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Potential Output 1946-1954
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Technique Yearbook
Lucien G. White, 1944
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1940s
2017
Lucien Garnett White, MIT Class of 1944, Chemical Engineering graduate. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
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Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
Technique Yearbook
John B. Robinson, 1925
1920s
2017
John Bernard Robinson, MIT Class of 1925, Mechanical Engineering graduate from Roxbury, Massachusetts. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Engineering
Order of Operations 1921-1945
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Technique Yearbook
John W. Caulder, 1931
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1930s
2017
John Washington Caulder, MIT Class of 1931, Mechanical Engineering graduate. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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Engineering
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
Technique Yearbook
Frederick D. Drew, 1934
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2017
Frederick D. Drew, MIT Class of 1934, Biophysics graduate who taught science at Livingstone College. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Biology
Physics
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Health & Medicine
Science
Harvard
Howard University
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Students
Technique Yearbook
Albert E. Lindsay, 1924
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1920s
2017
Albert E. Lindsay, MIT Class of 1924, among the early Black students documented at the Institute. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
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Europe(an)
Students
Technique Yearbook
Rufus Carlin in "Timeless," 1893/2017
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1890s
2017
Rufus Carlin, fictional Black MIT alum played by Malcolm Barrett in NBC's Timeless, 1893/2017. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Arts & Humanities
Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Robert R. Taylor
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
Women
Brochure: Our Perspectives of MIT, 1980s
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1980s
2017
Our Perspectives of MIT, 1980s recruitment brochure representing the voices of Black students at MIT. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Black Students' Union (BSU)
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Brochure: Pathway to the Future, 1980s
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1980s
2017
Pathway to the Future, 1980s MIT brochure for underrepresented minority groups including Black American students. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Aprille J. Ericsson
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Interphase
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