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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