HBCU's On The Rise - | The Black College Club presented by HBCU Life TV Ep. 3
HBCU Story: People in Power Giving Back to HBCUs. Hosts highlight the current donations to HBCUs over the past couple of years as well as the importance of these donations.
Stories:
-Writer, philanthropist, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott donates -millions to HBCUs for the second time in 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/12/18/mackenzie-scott-college-donation-list-hbcus/
PVAMU- $50m *largest single donation*
NCAT- $40m Howard U, Morgan State, Norfolk State,
- $40m Claflin, Delaware St, Lincoln U., Morehouse
- $20m -Kyrie Irving Pays Off Tuition For 9 Lincoln University of PA Students
-Chris Paul teaming up with United Negro College Fund & other celebs to contribute over $500,000 in scholarships to 20 HBCU students
-Travis Scott pays a semester worth of tuition for five HBCU students
-2019: Billionaire, Robert F. Smith pays of Morehouse College class of 2019 student loans. -Was funding ever a factor in college choice?
-HBCU Alum in Politics -Raphael Warnock makes history in U.S politics. Becomes first black senator in Georgia whose also a morehouse alum.
-Stacy Abrams (spelman grad) helped flip Georgia from republican to democrat
-Howard grad Kamala Harris is Vice President elect
-Shoutout to Recent Class of 2020 Graduates: Short Clip of Graduating Seniors from various HBCUS in their caps & gowns
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