Alpha Rho Upsilon, Bowdoin College, 1948
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The 1948 Bowdoin Bugle included this two-page spread of the Alpha Rho Upsilon fraternity, which Bowdoin students formed in 1946.
They chose the letters ARU to stand for "All Races United." The fraternity was founded with the goal of giving Jews and Blacks their own group so that they would feel accepted.
Bowdoin's student newspaper, however, observed that the formation of ARU merely enabled the other fraternities to continue engaging in anti-Semitic discrimination. Its editors demanded that all fraternities accept Jewish students as members, which they eventually did.
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- Title: Alpha Rho Upsilon, Bowdoin College, 1948
- Creation Date: 1948
- Subject Date: 1948
- Town: Brunswick
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: 4.12, folio LD558 .B9
- Object Type: Text and Image
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Bowdoin College Library
3000 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 725-3096
http://library.bowdoin.edu
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LC Subject Headings
Ethnic relations--Maine
Toleration--Maine
Race relations--Maine
Bowdoin College
Greek letter societies--Maine--Brunswick
Students--Maine--Brunswick
Jews--United States--Maine
African Americans--Maine
Organizations--Maine--Brunswick
Fraternities--Maine--Brunswick
Discrimination--Maine
Minorities--Abuse of
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