07/27/1987
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"His devotion will not be forgotten."
"And to paraphrase the motto of the United Negro College Fund: Let us recognize that America's historic black college is a 'terrible thing to waste.'"
"It should never be forgotten that when educational opportunities were denied elsewhere, these institutions offered hope to black Americans."
"to ensure that each president of a historically Black college or university is given the opportunity to comment on the proposed Annual Federal Plan"