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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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Activism
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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
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1930s

Letter from Arthur D. Jewell to The Crisis, 1932

School of Engineering
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Mechanical Engineering
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Commencement
Honors
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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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Storied Women of MIT: Paula Hammond
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2010s
2017
Paula Hammond profiled in MIT's Storied Women series on women researchers and engineers at MIT. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
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Engineering
Administrators
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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Paula T. Hammond
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Esperanza Spalding: Ebony and Ivy (2016)
Video
2010s
2017
MIT historian Craig Steven Wilder and Esperanza Spalding on race, slavery, and Ivy League universities, 2016. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
History
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Arts & Humanities
Education
Craig S. Wilder
Faculty
Music
Pop Culture
Rising Voices 1995-Present
W.E.B. DuBois - Booker T. Washington
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2010s
2017
An overview of the historic debate between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington over the educational and political path forward for Black Americans in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Education
Administrators
Booker T. Washington
Faculty
Harvard
HBCUs
Kwatsi Alibaruho: In Control
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2010s
2017
Kwatsi Alibaruho, MIT Class of 1995, NASA's first Black Mission Control flight director. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Engineering
Technology
Transportation
Africa(n)
NASA
Robert L. Satcher, Jr.
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Eyes on the Stars: Ron McNair (2013)
Video
2010s
2017
Eyes on the Stars (2013) documents NASA astronaut Ronald E. McNair, MIT PhD 1976, lost aboard Challenger in 1986. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Physics
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Engineering
Science
Technology
Transportation
Activism
Michael Feld
NASA
Ronald E. McNair
STEM Education
The History of Project Interphase at MIT (2014)
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1970s
2017
History of Project Interphase at MIT, mini-documentary for the 45th anniversary of the program, 2014. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Education
Activism
Bridge Leaders
Interphase
Jerome Wiesner
Paul E. Gray
Naija Beta (2016)
Video
2010s
2017
Naija Beta (2016), documentary by MIT alum Arthur Musah on Ghanaian student robotics pioneers. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Sloan School of Management
Chemical Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Economics
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering
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Arts & Humanities
Education
Engineering
Africa(n)
STEM Education
Students
Rising Voices 1995-Present
I, Too, Am MIT (2014)
Video
2010s
2017
I, Too, Am MIT (2014), students responding to systemic racism with a campus-wide solidarity campaign. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Education
Activism
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
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