African American, Hispanic American, Native American (AAHANA) student activities collection, 1992-1993.

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African American, Hispanic American, Native American (AAHANA) student activities collection, 1992-1993.

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The African American, Hispanic American, Native American (AAHANA) student activities collection consists of materials related to various events sponsored by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Office of Minority Student Affairs. The collection contains two press releases both of which announce a building repelling activity open to AAHANA freshmen on RIT's campus. Also included is a flier for a seminar, "A Personalized Alaskan-Native American Ethnic History," and a calender of events for a series titled "Many Paths, One Journey: Building One America." Press releases and fliers announcing events for African American, Hispanic American, and Native American students on the Rochester Institute of Technology's campus. Most of the events were sponsored by the Office of Minority Student Affairs.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8184726

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester Institute of Technology. Office of Minority Student Affairs,

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AAHANA stands for African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. The acronym was first used at Boston College in 1979 to refer to students from these three cultures. The term was introduced to replace the word minority from the university vernacular. The concern was that by using the term minority, the school was indicating that certain students were of lesser value. The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) appears to have adopted this term as early as 1992. As of 2011, the term AA...

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...