RIT ashtrays, circa 1975-1987.

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RIT ashtrays, circa 1975-1987.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/769364055

RIT ashtrays promote the Institute and student organizations. These include: College Alumni Union and the Center for Imaging Science. The collection also includes a matchbox with the RIT logo. Ashtrays promoting RIT and its organizations.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8180751

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester Institute of Technology. College Alumni Union.

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Rochester Institute of Technology. Center for Imaging Science

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Rochester institute of technology

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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...