LEADER 03423oam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910557461403321 005 20201030121730.0 010 $a0-262-28630-0 010 $a1-4237-2550-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000456829 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000256523 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12040338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256523 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10224002 035 $a(PQKB)10592583 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78501 035 $a(OCoLC)61677837$z(OCoLC)992071650 035 $a(OCoLC-P)61677837 035 $a(MaCbMITP)6689 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000456829 100 $a20050921d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTechnology and the dream $ereflections on the Black experience at MIT, 1941-1999 /$fClarence G. Williams 205 $a1st MIT Press pbk. ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. ;$aLondon $cMIT Press$d2003 210 $aCambridge, Mass. ;$aLondon $cMIT Press$d2003 215 $a1 electronic resource (1056 p.) 225 1 $aThe MIT Press 300 $aOriginally published: 2001. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-262-73157-6 311 $a0-262-23212-X 330 $aTranscripts of more than seventy-five oral history interviews in which the interviewees assess their MIT experience and reflect on the role of blacks at MIT and beyond. This book grew out of the Blacks at MIT History Project, whose mission is to document the black presence at MIT. The main body of the text consists of transcripts of more than seventy-five oral history interviews, in which the interviewees assess their MIT experience and reflect on the role of blacks at MIT and beyond. Although most of the interviewees are present or former students, black faculty, administrators, and staff are also represented, as are nonblack faculty and administrators who have had an impact on blacks at MIT. The interviewees were selected with an eye to presenting the broadest range of issues and personalities, as well as a representative cross section by time period and category.Each interviewee was asked to discuss family background; education; role models and mentors; experiences of racism and race-related issues; choice of field and career; goals; adjustment to the MIT environment; best and worst MIT experiences; experience with MIT support services; relationships with MIT students, faculty, and staff; advice to present or potential MIT students; and advice to the MIT administration. A recurrent theme is that MIT's rigorous teaching instills the confidence to deal with just about any hurdle in professional life, and that an MIT degree opens many doors and supplies instant credibility.Each interview includes biographical notes and pictures. The book also includes a general introduction, a glossary, and appendixes describing the project's methodology. 606 $aAfrican American college students$zMassachusetts$zCambridge$vInterviews 610 $aHUMANITIES/History 610 $aMIT 615 0$aAfrican American college students 676 $a378.744/4 700 $aWilliams$b Clarence G$01220208 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557461403321 996 $aTechnology and the dream$92821756 997 $aUNINA