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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.

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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

Current Tik Tok Challenge: D9 Orgs participating in the “This or That Challenge” Deltas AKAs Zeta Phi Beta

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