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400 years of black giving: From the days of slavery to the 2019 Morehouse graduation

  • Written by Tyrone Freeman, Assistant Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Director of Undergraduate Programs, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI
Two of the top donors who made constructing the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture possible were black.AP Photo/Susan Walsh

When African American businessman Robert F. Smith declared during a Morehouse College commencement speech that he would pay off the student loan debt of the entire 2019 graduating class of...

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