Today In Black History - Philanthropy By Bill and Camille Cosby

On this date in 1988 Bill and Camille Cosby gave an unprecedented gift of $20 million to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, the gift to Spelman was largest of it's kind to ever to be bestowed to a black institutions.

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HBCU, HistoryDaniel Kawah