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Publications

The MIT Black History Project is committed to collecting, developing, curating, and preserving content on the Black experience at MIT dating back to 1865. We are also currently working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the challenges we all face within the greater scope of the Institute’s mission and accomplishments.

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Jim Gates
Thesis
1970s

Symmetry Principles in Selected Problems of String Theory, 1973

Student
A 1973 MIT doctoral thesis by S. James Gates Jr., the first thesis ever devoted to supersymmetry in physics, marking a landmark in theoretical particle physics.
Other Researchers
Ebony Affair 2016
Article
1990s

Ebony Affair: Twenty Years of Ebony, 1995

Student
Program booklet for the 1995 Ebony Affair, MIT's 20th annual celebration organized by the Black Students' Union showcasing Black student achievement and community.
Other Researchers
Melissa Nobles: All About the Count, 2007
Article
2000s

Melissa Nobles: All About the Count, 2007

Faculty
A 2007 MIT News profile of political science professor Melissa Nobles, whose research on racial classification and census politics shaped policy debates internationally.
Other Researchers
Mens et Mania: The MIT Nobody Knows, 2011
Book
2010s

Mens et Mania: The MIT Nobody Knows, 2011

Administrator
A behind-the-scenes memoir by MIT linguistics professor Jay Keyser, offering a candid and witty portrait of life at the Institute away from its public-facing reputation.
Other Researchers
Article
1990s

The Territory Between Us: A Report on "Black Women in the Academy..." 1994

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An article by scholar Saidiya Hartman reporting on the landmark 1994 'Black Women in the Academy' conference held at MIT, attended by over 2,000 scholars and activists.
Other Researchers
MIT meets with insurance companies, 1976
Article
1970s

Black Firms to Share MIT Life Insurance Business, 1976

Administrator
A 1976 MIT report documenting the Institute's decision to share life insurance business with two major Black-owned insurance companies as part of its diversity commitments.
Other Researchers
William Barton Rogers and the Idea of MIT, 2008
Book
2000s

William Barton Rogers and the Idea of MIT, 2008

Administrator
A book tracing the educational vision of MIT founder William Barton Rogers, placing his ideas about polytechnic education in the context of 19th-century American science and reform.
Other Researchers
Cover of Nature (September 2004)
Article
2000s

Inscribed matter as an energy-efficient means of communication with an extraterrestrial civilization, 2004

Alum
A 2004 MIT thesis exploring inscribed matter as an energy-efficient method for interstellar or long-duration communication scenarios.
Other Researchers
Holding the Center: Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education, 1999
Book
1990s

Holding the Center: Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education, 1999

Administrator
The memoirs of Howard Wesley Johnson, MIT's 12th president, reflecting on his career leading the Institute through decades of social and institutional change.
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Mind and Hand: The Birth of MIT, 2005
Book
2017
Other Researchers
2000s
Other Researchers
2000s
Book
A 2005 MIT Press history of the Institute's founding, tracing the origins of MIT's motto 'Mens et Manus' and the vision behind America's first major research university.
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The Racial Climate on the MIT Campus, 1986
Report
2017
Other Researchers
1980s
Other Researchers
1980s
Report
A report examining the racial climate at MIT, documenting the experiences of Black students, faculty, and staff and recommending concrete steps to improve the campus environment.
Administrator
A Study of the Number of Black Graduate Student Applications for Fall, 1970
Report
2017
Other Researchers
1970s
Other Researchers
1970s
Report
A 1970 statistical study of Black graduate school applicants across 25 major universities, examining enrollment trends and barriers at the height of the civil rights era.
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Professor Joseph Applegate, 1997
Article
2017
MIT Black History Project
1990s
MIT Black History Project
1990s
Article
A Tech Talk article profiling Joseph Applegate, MIT's first Black faculty member and a pioneering linguist, published for African-American Heritage Month in 1997.
Administrator
A Break in the Pipeline, 1999
Article
2017
Other Researchers
1990s
Other Researchers
1990s
Article
A 1999 Technology Review article examining the underrepresentation of Black faculty and students in the academic pipeline at MIT and peer institutions.
Administrator
1st National Conference on Issues Facing Black Administrators at Predominantly White Colleges and Universities, 1982
Proceedings
2017
MIT Black History Project
1980s
MIT Black History Project
1980s
Proceedings
Proceedings from the 1982 national conference examining the challenges faced by Black administrators working in predominantly white colleges and universities.
Administrator
The Rhetoric of Sex, the Discourse of Desire, 1992
Article
2017
Other Researchers
1990s
Other Researchers
1990s
Article
An article by science fiction author Samuel Delany, originally delivered as a 1992 MIT lecture, exploring the rhetoric of sex and the politics of desire in literary and cultural discourse.
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Ebony and Ivy, 2013
Book
2017
Other Researchers
2010s
Other Researchers
2010s
Book
A history of how elite American universities including Harvard and MIT were shaped by and helped perpetuate the ideology and economy of slavery, by scholar Craig Steven Wilder.
Faculty
NACA Report: Dynamics of Mechanical Feedback-Type Hydraulic Servomotors Under Inertia Loads, 1953
Report
2017
Other Researchers
1950s
Other Researchers
1950s
Report
A NACA technical report by MIT-trained aeronautical engineer Yenwith Whitney analyzing the dynamics of hydraulic servomotors used in aircraft control systems.
Alum
Report on Issues, Implications and Recommendations Related to Retention of Undergraduate Minority Students: Science and Engineering Fields, 1987
Report
2017
Other Researchers
1980s
Other Researchers
1980s
Report
A report prepared for MIT by Clarence G. Williams examining retention barriers for Black and minority undergraduates in science and engineering fields.
Administrator
Discrimination Conference Issue of The Tech, 1955
Article
2017
Other Researchers
1950s
Other Researchers
1950s
Article
The March 1955 issue of MIT's student newspaper covering the National Conference on Selectivity and Discrimination in American Universities, held on campus.
Student
Tuskegee (Weather) Airmen: Black Meteorologists in World War II, 2006
Article
2017
Other Researchers
2000s
Other Researchers
2000s
Article
An article documenting the role of MIT-trained Black meteorologists, including Tuskegee Airmen, in advancing WWII weather forecasting and American military aviation.
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