Hampton U. Sets Black-College Record by Raising $216-Million

Hampton University has spent seven years raising $216-million, the most ever by a historically black college.

In the campaign, scheduled to continue until 2003, the university is raising its goal to $250-million from the original $200-million.

The amount raised is nearly twice the $114-million raised by Spelman College in a five-year campaign that ended in 1996 and set the previous record for a black institution. Development experts say that such large

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