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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Sun May 19, 2019, 04:12 PM May 2019

This is interesting information about the donor to Morehouse College.

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In 2017, Smith signed the Giving Pledge, an effort spearheaded by billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates to convince wealthy Americans to give away half of their fortunes.

In signing the pledge, Smith said he would focus on causes that support equality for black Americans and the environment. His wife, model Hope Dworaczyk Smith, will focus on helping children, he wrote.

"I will never forget that my path was paved by my parents, grandparents and generations of African-Americans whose names I will never know," Smith said. "Their struggles, their courage, and their progress allowed me to strive and achieve. My story would only be possible in America, and it is incumbent on all of us to pay this inheritance forward."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/19/us/morehouse-robert-smith-student-loans-trnd/index.html

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This is interesting information about the donor to Morehouse College. (Original Post) mfcorey1 May 2019 OP
Can you imagine hearing that at your graduation! BigmanPigman May 2019 #1
can you imagine hearing the speech. onethatcares May 2019 #2

onethatcares

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2. can you imagine hearing the speech.
Sun May 19, 2019, 06:11 PM
May 2019

we are all intertwined in some way shape or form.

Some got a lot luckier than most. They chose the correct path.

The path to greed, well let's say it's not the hardest one.

Peace out.

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