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<font color="947b31" size="4"><b>UNCF Yesterday and Today</b></font></p>
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<font color="#008080" size="2" face="Helvetica,Arial"><strong><p align="center">UNCF
alumnus Martin Luther King Jr. attends a seminar at Morehouse College in 1948.</strong></font></td>
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</div><p>In 1943, Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, president of Tuskegee Institute (now
Tuskegee University), wrote an open letter in the <i>Pittsburgh Courier</i> to the
presidents of our nation&#146;s private black colleges urging them to &quot;pool their
small monies and make a united appeal to the national conscience.&quot; His words would
soon become the guiding principle for one of the world&#146;s leading education assistance
organizations. One year later, the United Negro College Fund was incorporated on April 25,
1944 with 27 member colleges and a combined enrollment of 14,000 students.</p>
<p>Since that time, UNCF has grown to become the nation&#146;s oldest and most successful
African American higher education assistance organization. It is a consortium of 39
private, accredited four-year historically black colleges and universities. Though UNCF
has broadened its focus by offering more <b><a href="programs/">programs</a></b> designed
to enhance the quality of education for America&#146;s brightest young minds, its
commitment to providing financial assistance to deserving students, raising operating
funds for <b><a href="institut.htm">member colleges and universities</a></b>, and
supplying technical assistance to member institutions remains unchanged.</p>
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<font color="#008080" size="2" face="Helvetica,Arial"><strong><p align="center">The Fisk
University graduating class of 1888. Future NAACP founder W.E.B. DuBois is seated to the
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</div><p>More than 300,000 educated men and women have worked to strengthen their
communities thanks to the support they received from the United Negro College Fund. Each
day graduates of the UNCF college experience are working to build a stronger nation as
community leaders, educators, health professionals, and in numerous other vocations. UNCF
is proud to make a difference in the lives of thousands of students each year, so they may
in turn make a difference in the lives of millions of others for a lifetime.</p>
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