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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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nystrong: Kristen, 2020

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2020s

Finding Joy in Making, and the Making of #HellaJuneteenth: Quinnton Harris (2020)

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BGLATA Webinar: Career Paths While Being LBGTQ+ (2020)

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2020s

The Fight for Racial Equality in Arab Communities (2020)

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2010s

Redemption: MIT’s Prison Education Program (2019)

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GSC DEI Allyship Guide for Research Groups, 2020

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1990s

Angela Davis at MIT, 1994

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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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Pamela Wood, 2004
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2000s

Pamela Wood, 2004

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Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
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MIT National Conference on Selectivity and Discrimination in American Universities
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1950s

National Conference on Selectivity and Discrimination in American Universities, 1955

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Critical Mass 1955-1968
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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.
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Paula T. Hammond
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Esperanza Spalding: Ebony and Ivy (2016)
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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.
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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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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.
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Robert L. Satcher, Jr.
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Eyes on the Stars: Ron McNair (2013)
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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.
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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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Jerome Wiesner
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Naija Beta (2016)
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2010s
2017
Naija Beta (2016), documentary by MIT alum Arthur Musah on Ghanaian student robotics pioneers. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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I, Too, Am MIT (2014)
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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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