Shirley Ann Jackson is the first Black woman to graduate with a Ph.D. from MIT as well as the first Black woman to lead a top-ranked university. Here she discusses finding support systems during her academic career.

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Interview of Shirley Ann Jackson by David Zierler on July 17 and 22, 2020, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/45276