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a photograph of members of the MIT Black Student Union with area high schoolers
In 1972, MIT welcomed visiting students from 23 high schools. The 1968 founding of the MIT Black Students’ Union greatly accelerated the Institute's recruiting of black students.

Spotlight: Oct 30, 2018

This week, BAMIT celebrates the 50-year history of the MIT Black Students’ Union. Today, “the number of black women in the freshman class is nearly equal to the number of all women in my class,” BSU co-founder Linda C. Sharpe ’69 says. Full story

Oct 30, 2018