on
people within the Rainbow
Co lition constituency who
uld be eligible for the e posi
tions. So it ould be idle to
peculate on th t t this point.
He emph sized th t "the
campaign· not over, in pite of
the setb "dding, h ver,
if ould top the race right
no , the more than 800
delegates he h won and the
tremendo trengt he has al
re dy gained in caucuses and
prim ries give him credibility
and clout to bargain for all kinds
of things at the Atlanta conven
tion."
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then. He helped raise the voca
tional training school for Black
to nation 1 fame during the 25
ye r he pent there.
He erved as pre ident of
Tus egee from 1935 to 1953.
The United egro College
Fund, a consortium of Black col
leges t t see to raise
funds to help orthy but needy
BI c eking hi her educa
founded in 1943 ith
an e do ent of S765,<XX>. Its
original 27 members served
212,000 tuden .
Tod Y the Fund h 42 mem-
ber din th fi cal year ending
arch 31, aided 5,000 students
. from endowment of $42 mil-
lion. He truly one of the
BI c giants with a vi ion far
beyond hi era.
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