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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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1990s

MIT's Mea Culpa: Now, What About Black Faculty?, 1999

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A 1999 analysis of MIT's landmark report on discrimination against women faculty, and whether its findings would prompt similar action for Black faculty.
Other Researchers
Technology and Insustrial Efficiency cover
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1910s

The Scientific Development of the Negro, 1911

Alum
A paper delivered by Robert Robinson Taylor '92 at MIT's 50th anniversary celebration in 1911, arguing for the scientific education of Black Americans as a path to progress.
Other Researchers
Article
1940s

The Civil Engineer, 1946

Alum
An article profiling Lewis King Downing '24, the first Black graduate of MIT's Sloan School, who went on to a distinguished career as a civil engineer and college president.
Other Researchers
Article
2010s

The Desegregation of an Elite Economics Department’s PhD Program: Black Americans at MIT, 2014

Alum
An article tracing the history of Black PhD students in MIT's economics department from the 1970s onward, examining barriers to entry and outcomes over four decades.
Other Researchers
J.R. Applegate
Article
1990s

The African-American Linguist Who Broke the Faculty Barrier at MIT, 1997

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An article documenting how Joseph Applegate, MIT's first Black faculty member, broke the faculty color barrier as a linguist in 1955 and paved the way for those who followed.
Other Researchers
Figure 2- The battle for ‘Trayvon Martin’
Article
2010s

The battle for ‘Trayvon Martin’: Mapping a media controversy online and off-line, 2014

Faculty
An academic article by MIT professor Sasha Costanza-Chock analyzing how the Trayvon Martin case spread through social media and shaped public discourse on race and violence.
Other Researchers
Article
1990s

Role Models and Mentors for Blacks at Predominantly White Campuses, 1994

Administrator
An article arguing that educators must invest in mentorship and role models for Black students at predominantly white institutions to improve retention and success.
MIT Black History Project
Grid of students prior to the Class of 1930
Thesis
1980s

Notes on Researching Blacks at MIT prior to the Class of 1930, 1983

Student
A 1983 MIT research note reconstructing the fragmentary records of early Black students at MIT before the Class of 1930.
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An Outline of the Structure of Shilha, 1958
Book
2017
Other Researchers
1950s
Other Researchers
1950s
Book
A 1958 scholarly work on the structure of Shilha, a Berber language spoken in southwest Morocco, authored by MIT linguist Joseph Applegate.
Faculty
The Lost Revolution: Capitalism, democracy and Black citizenship in early 20th-century America's biggest race conflicts, 2007
Thesis
2018
Other Researchers
2000s
Other Researchers
2000s
Thesis
A 2007 MIT thesis by Kali-Ahset Amen examining how racial conflict and inequality shaped Black citizenship and political agency in early 20th-century America.
Student
THE TECH: Perspectives on Diversity, 2004
Article
2018
Other Researchers
2000s
Other Researchers
2000s
Article
A student newspaper feature produced as part of MIT's Martin Luther King Jr. Design Seminar, offering diverse personal perspectives on race and diversity at the Institute in 2004.
Student
The Mobile Workshop: The Tsetse Fly and African Knowledge Production, 2018
Book
2018
Other Researchers
2010s
Other Researchers
2010s
Book
A book by MIT professor Clapperton Mavhunga examining how African hunters and knowledge producers in Zimbabwe shaped colonial science and wildlife management.
Faculty
Transcript: Interview with Gloria Green, 1997
Oral History
2017
MIT Black History Project
1990s
MIT Black History Project
1990s
Oral History
An oral history interview with Gloria Green Hooks, the second Black woman to attend MIT (45 years after Marie C. Turner), recounting her student experience at the Institute.
Multiple
Race in Digital Space: Conceptualizing the Media Project, 2014
Article
2018
Other Researchers
2010s
Other Researchers
2010s
Article
An article examining the 2014 Race in Digital Space exhibition at MIT's List Visual Arts Center, which explored how race shapes digital media, algorithms, and online identity.
Visiting
Developing a paradigm for visualizing architecture using computational methods : an analysis of the Havana Project by Lebbeus Woods, 1996
Thesis
2017
Other Researchers
1990s
Other Researchers
1990s
Thesis
A 1996 MIT thesis developing computational visualization methods for architectural design, using Lebbeus Woods's Havana Project as a case study.
Student
A Reliable Low Bandwidth Email-based Communication Protocol, 2001
Thesis
2018
Other Researchers
2000s
Other Researchers
2000s
Thesis
A 2001 MIT thesis proposing an email-based communication protocol for low-bandwidth and intermittent network conditions, with applications for developing regions.
Student
A Decisive Decade: An Insider’s View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, 2013
Book
2018
Other Researchers
2010s
Other Researchers
2010s
Book
MIT professor Robert McKersie's personal account of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s, drawn from his direct involvement in the era's pivotal moments.
Faculty
Transport phenomena in electron beam melting and evaporation, 1997
Thesis
2018
Other Researchers
1990s
Other Researchers
1990s
Thesis
A 1997 MIT doctoral thesis by Adam Clayton Powell IV on heat transfer and fluid dynamics in electron beam melting, with connections to the Powell family's legacy at the Institute.
Student
Transcript: Interview with Yaw D. Yeboah, 1996
Oral History
2017
MIT Black History Project
1990s
MIT Black History Project
1990s
Oral History
An oral history interview with Yaw D. Yeboah '75, a Ghanaian MIT alumnus who earned four degrees in four years, conducted for the Technology and the Dream project.
Alum
Dismissed prof sparks controversy, 1989
Article
2018
Other Researchers
1980s
Other Researchers
1980s
Article
A 1989 article on the controversial dismissal of MIT faculty member Marilyn Richardson, documenting tensions around race and academic freedom at the Institute.
Faculty
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