@article{1386652,
      recid = {1386652},
      author = {Williams, Clarence G.},
      title = {Technology and the dream : reflections on the Black  experience at MIT, 1941-1999 /},
      publisher = {MIT Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. ;},
      pages = {1 online resource (1054 pages) :},
      year = {2003},
      note = {Originally published: 2001.},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1386652},
}