In 1944, amid World War II, a group of 27 small, private historically Black colleges and universities, all in the South and all struggling financially, decided they could raise more money at less cost, and gain more visibility, by coordinating their fundraising efforts. And so was born the United Negro College Fund, an organization whose name still reflects the nomenclature preferred by Black Americans 80 years ago. In its first year, UNCF raised three times the prior year’s collective take of...
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/PRNewswire/ -- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation awarded the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP) a $500,000 grant to support a state-of...
WASHINGTON, DC (JUNE 4, 2021) – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), which represents America’s publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black...
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Bank of America’s Ken Lewis stepped up to the plate and took a swing at critics who say bank bailout recipients shouldn’t be sponsoring glitzy sporting events. Lewis, whose bank has received billio...
Investigative Fund has found. The schools and their alumni... Bank of America, which dominates the market, said it has... College seniors graduated in 2008 with average credit card debt of...
The OCS Bursary Fund ; In addition to College Bursaries, the Old Columban Society established the OCS Bursary Fund in 2011 which specifically supports the children and grandchildren of Old Columbans (OCs). For many and varying reasons, a number of OCs and their families have been unable to meet the full cost of College fees. The main purpose of the Fund is to offer financial assistance to these individuals. The Funds donated go directly to assisting in paying the College fees rather than paying ...
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The dynamic of Asian and Black American communities in history is often overlooked. The Asian American movement and many of its grassroots organizations were inspired by the Black liberation movement. Often, Asian American women were at the forefront of building coalitions for civil rights across racial lines. Prominent examples are Yuri Kochiyama, who famously allied herself with the Civil Rights Movement and became a friend to Malcolm X, and Ina Sugihara, a civil rights organizer who became a founding member of the Congress of Racial Equity ( ...