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xi, [1], 1042, [2] pages. Disk with additional interviews and images is laid

xi, [1], 1042, [2] pages. Disk with additional interviews and images is laid in between pages 1012 and 1013. This book includes Forward, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Glossary, Appendix A: Project Methodology; Appendix B: List of Interviewees; Appendix C: List of Interviewees--Keith Bevan's UROP project; Photo Sources; and Index. Heavy, slightly oversized book, lightly shaken. There are a few very small chips on top DJ edges. Since 1972, Clarence Williams held several positions at MIT, among them have been Assistant Equal Opportunity Officer, Director of the Office of Minority Education, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School and presently an Institute Ombudsperson. Before coming to MIT, Clarence taught and held positions at the University of Connecticut and Hampton University. He is now a Professor Emeritus. Since 1992, he has been teaching a race relations and diversity course. 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 not-black faculty and administrators who have had an impact on blacks at MIT. Each interview includes biographical notes and pictures. The book also includes a general introduction, glossary, and appendixes describing the project's methodology. 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.