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Howard University, in Washington, D.C., recently got its finances in order. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

June 24, 2020

1 in 10 HBCUs were financially fragile before COVID-19 endangered all colleges and universities

Gregory N. Price, University of New Orleans

Any HBCU closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic could potentially hinder the careers of many Black Americans.

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

August 22, 2019

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

Tyrone McKinley Freeman, IUPUI

Billionaire Robert F. Smith made a big splash when he told Morehouse grads he would pay off their student debt. Yet his generosity adheres to a long African American tradition.

Left: Robert Smith. Right (clockwise from left): Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Jay-Z, LeBron James and Nicki Minaj. Reuters, USA Today

July 12, 2019

Could black philanthropy help solve the black student debt crisis?

Mako Fitts Ward, Arizona State University

A recent gift by billionaire Robert Smith to pay off the student loans of 2019 graduates of Morehouse points to the potential of America’s black elite to pay off all black students’ college loans.

September 11, 2017

My favourite album: The Cure’s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

Sally Breen, Griffith University

The Cure’s seventh studio album was an 18-track, 70-minute plus extravagance of pure theatre and dark romance.

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