Rochester Area Intercollegiate Student Association constitution, 1967.

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Rochester Area Intercollegiate Student Association constitution, 1967.

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Constitution of the Rochester Area Intercollegiate Student Association (RAISA). RAISA was formed in 1967 by undergraduate college students in Rochester, New York. The Rochester Area Intercollegiate Student Association (RAISA) constitution was written in January 1967 by eight Rochester undergraduates. The document includes provisions for RAISA membership, objectives, officers, elections, committees, and funding.

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Rochester Area Intercollegiate Student Association (Rochester, N.Y.),

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In January, 1967, eight Rochester undergraduates met to create a constitution for a proposed Rochester Area Intercollegiate Student Association (RAISA). Those students were: Ray E. Baker (Rochester Institute of Technology), Jerry Eckert (St. John Fisher), Ralph Huninger (SUNY Brockport), Art Brown (Roberts Wesleyan), Joan Mascaro (Nazareth), Joe O'Brien and Mike O'Connor (Monroe Community), and Greg Talcott (SUNY Geneseo). RAISA would be open to area undergraduates. The constitution lists four o...

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...