Technology and the dream : reflections on the Black experience at MIT, 1941-1999 / Clarence G. Williams.
2003
T171.M49 .W55 2003eb
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Title
Technology and the dream : reflections on the Black experience at MIT, 1941-1999 / Clarence G. Williams.
Author
Williams, Clarence G.
Edition
First MIT Press paperback edition.
ISBN
9780262286305 (electronic bk.)
0262286300 (electronic bk.)
1423725506 (electronic bk.)
9781423725503 (electronic bk.)
9780262232128 (print)
026223212X (print)
0262286300 (electronic bk.)
1423725506 (electronic bk.)
9781423725503 (electronic bk.)
9780262232128 (print)
026223212X (print)
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2003.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (1054 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
T171.M49 .W55 2003eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)61677837
Summary
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. 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.
Note
Originally published: 2001.
Includes index.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note
Victor L. Ransom
Louis Young
Luther T. Prince
William B. Stewart
Reginald W. Griffith
Howard W. Johnson
Joseph R. Applegate
Gustave M. Solomons, Jr.
Lucius P. Gregg, Jr.
Jerome I. Friedman
Wade M. Kornegay
Bernard J. Frieden
Willard R. Johnson
Paul E. Gray
Shirley A. Jackson
Leon Trilling
Jennifer N. Rudd
Yvonne L. Gittens
Lloyd Rodwin
Linda C. Sharpe
Daniel T. Langdale
James J. Bishop
Thomas J. Allen
Bennie F.L. Ward
James M. Turner
William J. Hecht
Sekazi K. Mtingwa
Mildred S. Dresselhaus
W. Ahmad Salih
Michael S. Feld
James H. Williams, Jr.
John A. Mims
Harvey B. Gantt
John M. Deutch
Gregory C. Chisholm
Chester M. Pierce
Hubert E. Jones
Napoleon Nelson
Melvin H. King
Wesley L. Harris
Kofi A. Annan
Clarence G. Williams
Phillip L. Clay
John B. Turner
Samuel L. Myers, Jr.
Gerald S. Adolph
Lynne D. Richardson
Philip G. Hampton II
Kenneth R. Manning
Doreen Morris
Jennie R. Patrick
Nelson Armstrong
Reginald Van Lee
Lisa C. Egbuonu-Davis
Monroe H. Little, Jr.
Milton H. Roye, Jr.
James E. Hubbard, Jr.
Isaac M. Colbert
Samuel M. Austin III
Lawrence E. Milan
Anthony Davis
Shirley M. McBay
Sylvester James Gates, Jr.
Margaret Daniels Tyler
Gerald J. Baron
Bernard Loyd
Robert L. Satcher, Jr.
John S. Wilson
Arnold N. Weinberg
Darian C. Hendricks
Alton L. Williams
Darcy D. Prather
Charles M. Vest
Clarence G. Williams, Jr.
John B. Hammond III
Evelynn M. Hammonds
Thane B. Gauthier and Kristala L. Jones
Paula T. Hammond
Matthew J. Turner
Melissa Nobles
Glossary
Appendix A. Project methodology
Appendix B. List of interviewees
Appendix C. List of interviewees : Keith Bevans's UROP project.
Louis Young
Luther T. Prince
William B. Stewart
Reginald W. Griffith
Howard W. Johnson
Joseph R. Applegate
Gustave M. Solomons, Jr.
Lucius P. Gregg, Jr.
Jerome I. Friedman
Wade M. Kornegay
Bernard J. Frieden
Willard R. Johnson
Paul E. Gray
Shirley A. Jackson
Leon Trilling
Jennifer N. Rudd
Yvonne L. Gittens
Lloyd Rodwin
Linda C. Sharpe
Daniel T. Langdale
James J. Bishop
Thomas J. Allen
Bennie F.L. Ward
James M. Turner
William J. Hecht
Sekazi K. Mtingwa
Mildred S. Dresselhaus
W. Ahmad Salih
Michael S. Feld
James H. Williams, Jr.
John A. Mims
Harvey B. Gantt
John M. Deutch
Gregory C. Chisholm
Chester M. Pierce
Hubert E. Jones
Napoleon Nelson
Melvin H. King
Wesley L. Harris
Kofi A. Annan
Clarence G. Williams
Phillip L. Clay
John B. Turner
Samuel L. Myers, Jr.
Gerald S. Adolph
Lynne D. Richardson
Philip G. Hampton II
Kenneth R. Manning
Doreen Morris
Jennie R. Patrick
Nelson Armstrong
Reginald Van Lee
Lisa C. Egbuonu-Davis
Monroe H. Little, Jr.
Milton H. Roye, Jr.
James E. Hubbard, Jr.
Isaac M. Colbert
Samuel M. Austin III
Lawrence E. Milan
Anthony Davis
Shirley M. McBay
Sylvester James Gates, Jr.
Margaret Daniels Tyler
Gerald J. Baron
Bernard Loyd
Robert L. Satcher, Jr.
John S. Wilson
Arnold N. Weinberg
Darian C. Hendricks
Alton L. Williams
Darcy D. Prather
Charles M. Vest
Clarence G. Williams, Jr.
John B. Hammond III
Evelynn M. Hammonds
Thane B. Gauthier and Kristala L. Jones
Paula T. Hammond
Matthew J. Turner
Melissa Nobles
Glossary
Appendix A. Project methodology
Appendix B. List of interviewees
Appendix C. List of interviewees : Keith Bevans's UROP project.
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Print version: Williams, Clarence G. Technology and the dream. 1st MIT Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 2003
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