MLK exhibit: writing on the wall, 1968
A man writes on an MLK exhibit poster at the Student Center: "Yes'm, how many deaths will it take till...", 1968.
The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and President John F. Kennedy in 1968 sparked new initiatives towards making MIT a more equitable community. That year saw the formation of the Black Students' Union and Project Interphase, a summer program for incoming minority freshman.