December 7, 2001

A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste, for Students at Public Black Colleges, Too

By AUDREY Y. WILLIAMS

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund wants to attract more attention and contributions

For 57 years, private black colleges have looked to the United Negro College Fund for help in raising scholarship money and a portion of their operating expenses. The UNCF, with its ubiquitous network of fund raisers, is often viewed as the official voice for all black colleges.

But it is not.

Although the UNCF has been remarkably successful -- raising $1.8-billion since it was founded in

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