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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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Larry Sass, 2014
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2010s

Larry Sass and 3D-printed buildings, 2014

School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
Chocolate City (CC)
Arts & Humanities
Engineering
Technology
Magazine features
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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2000s

President Obama at MIT (2009)

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Government & Law
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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Questions to MIT, 1968
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1960s

Questions to MIT, 1968

School of Architecture and Planning
Urban Studies and Planning
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Community
Education
Activism
Community Fellows Program
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Exhibits
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Early MIT campus
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1890s

Early MIT campus, ca. 1865

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Ellen Swallow Richards
John D. Runkle
Marie C. Turner
Robert R. Taylor
Roots and Exponents 1875-1920
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Rad Lab Group 23
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1940s

Radiation Lab Group 23, 1945

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Engineering
Military
Technology
Transportation
Lincoln Lab
MIT Rad Lab
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Staff
Women
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Karl Bynoe 1962
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1960s

Karl Bynoe reads LIFE, 1962

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Arts & Humanities
Administrators
Critical Mass 1955-1968
Exhibits
Staff
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2000s

Infinite History Project: Isaac Colbert (2007)

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Education
Administrators
Rising Voices 1995-Present
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2010s

Painter Glenn Silva (2017)

School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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WGBH/WTBS
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M. Pinkston and F. Fisher
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1970s

Staff bowling champs, 1974

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Community
Athletics
Honors
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Staff
Women
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NASA astronaut candidates Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Frederick Gregory, 1978
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1970s
2026
NASA astronaut candidates Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Frederick Gregory, 1978. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Science
Technology
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Magazine features
NASA
Ronald E. McNair
Bennie F. L. Ward, 2025
2020s
2025
Bennie F. L. Ward, MIT 1970, BSU co-founder and Distinguished Professor of Physics at Baylor, 2025. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Mathematics
Physics
Black Students' Union (BSU)
Education
Science
Conferences
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
MIT Quarter Century Club
Rising Voices 1995-Present
MIT Libraries "Sisters in Making" exhibit, 2024
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2020s
2024
MIT Libraries Sisters in Making exhibit, 2024, on the unseen women in technology and computation history. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
Architecture
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Engineering
Government & Law
Science
Technology
Exhibits
NASA
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Women
MIT Spotlight: Martin Luther King Day, 2024
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2020s
2024
MIT News Spotlight header image for Martin Luther King Day, January 2024. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
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Community
Activism
Administrators
Illustrations
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Latinx and Latin America(n)
Joseph S. Dunning, 1937
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1930s
2017
Joseph Samuel Dunning, MIT Class of 1937, Aeronautical Engineering graduate with degrees from Harvard and Stanford. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Community
Technology
Transportation
Harvard
NAACP
Order of Operations 1921-1945
Stanford
Students
Herbert L. Hardy, 1952
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1950s
2017
Herbert Lovell Hardy, MIT Class of 1952, physicist and innovative engineer at American Machine and Foundry. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Physics
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Potential Output 1946-1954
Students
Technique Yearbook
Herbert L. Hardy and boys with electrical equipment, ca. 1951
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1950s
2023
Herbert L. Hardy, MIT Class of 1952, with boys and electrical equipment at MIT, ca. 1951. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Science
Physics
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Engineering
Potential Output 1946-1954
STEM Education
Students
John Stroman at MITSO rehearsal, 1977
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1970s
2023
John Fells Stroman, MIT Class of 1983, photographed at an MIT Symphony Orchestra rehearsal, 1977. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Arts & Humanities
Community
Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994
Marcus A. Thompson
Music
Ronald E. McNair
Students
African-born students shine as agents of change in documentary 'Brief Tender Light' (2023)
Audio
2020s
2023
Brief Tender Light (2023) by Arthur Musah, MIT 2004, follows four African MIT students into engineering. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
African Students' Association (ASA)
Arts & Humanities
Community
Africa(n)
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
'Brief Tender Light' Trailer (2023)
Video
2020s
2023
Trailer for Brief Tender Light (2023), Arthur Musah's documentary on four African MIT undergraduates. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Urban Studies and Planning
African Students' Association (ASA)
Arts & Humanities
Community
Education
Engineering
Africa(n)
Rising Voices 1995-Present
STEM Education
Students
Brief Tender Light: Graduation, 2023
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2020s
2023
Brief Tender Light (2023) graduation scene, following four African MIT undergraduates to engineering careers. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Urban Studies and Planning
African Students' Association (ASA)
Arts & Humanities
Community
Education
Engineering
Africa(n)
Commencement
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
Billy Ndengeyingoma in a scene from 'Brief Tender Light,' 2023
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2020s
2023
Billy Ndengeyingoma, MIT BS 2015 and MCP 2017 in Urban Planning, researches culture and global development. Part of the MIT Black History Project archive.
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Urban Studies and Planning
African Students' Association (ASA)
Arts & Humanities
Community
Engineering
Africa(n)
Rising Voices 1995-Present
Students
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