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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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Carrie Mae Weems, 2021
Other
2020s

Carrie Mae Weems, 2021

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An MIT Press monograph of essays and interviews exploring the photography and art of Carrie Mae Weems and its significance within African American art history.
Other Researchers
Chase T.M. Anderson
Article
2020s

I'm A Black, Gay Physician. I'm Here Today Because My Friends Saw Me — All Of Me, 2021

Alum
MIT alumnus Chase T.M. Anderson MD '11 writes about surviving a mental health crisis as a Black gay physician, crediting the friends who recognized his distress and intervened.
Other Researchers
Race and Excellence: My Dialogue with Chester Pierce, 1998
Book
1990s

Race and Excellence: My Dialogue with Chester Pierce, 1998

Faculty
A book documenting wide-ranging conversations between Clarence G. Williams and MIT psychiatrist Chester Pierce, a pioneering scholar of racism's psychological effects who served the Institute for 25 years.
Other Researchers
Maria W. Stewart, America’s First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches, 1987
Book
1980s

Maria W. Stewart, America’s First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches, 1987

Faculty
A scholarly edition of writings by Maria W. Stewart, the first American-born woman to speak publicly on political topics, edited by MIT professor Marilyn Richardson.
Other Researchers
Ken Granderson, BlackFacts
Article
2020s

Building an Online Home for Black History, 2021

Alum
A 2021 profile of MIT alumnus Ken Granderson '85 and his mission to build BlackFacts.com into a comprehensive online resource for Black history and culture.
Other Researchers
Joe Thompson, 1951
Article
2010s

Meeting Whirlwind's Joe Thompson, 2019

Staff
A profile of Joe Thompson, one of the first two Black employees trained on MIT's Whirlwind computer in 1951, documenting an overlooked chapter in computing history.
Other Researchers
Henry C. McBay: A Chemical Festschrift
Proceedings
1990s

Henry C. McBay: A Chemical Festschrift, 1994

Visiting
Proceedings of a 1994 symposium honoring MIT-affiliated chemist Henry C. McBay, featuring tributes from colleagues across the scientific community.
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AP Supreme Court Affirmative Action
Article
2010s

Affirmative action got me into MIT. The cycle that disadvantaged me continues.

Alum
MIT alumnus Rodgerick Newhouse '97 reflects on how affirmative action opened MIT's doors for him, and why the systemic inequities that shaped his path have yet to be addressed.
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Danielle Wood, 2017
Article
2020s

On Indigenous People’s Day, Let’s Commit to an Anticolonial Mindset on Earth and in Space, 2020

Multiple
An essay by MIT student Danielle Wood calling for an anticolonial approach to science and technology on Indigenous People's Day, grounded in land acknowledgment.
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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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