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Oprah donates $5 million to Morehouse
02/17/2003 11:27 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) - Oprah Winfrey will donate $5 million to Morehouse College, the school announced.
The talk show host's pledge came as Morehouse launched its largest-ever fund-raising campaign, hoping to receive at least $105 million by 2006.
Winfrey, who had previously donated $1 million to the historically black college, is the school's top donor.
President Walter Massey said Morehouse will use the money to offer more scholarships, upgrade the campus and make the college more competitive.
``Our mantra has been that we want to be considered among the finest liberal arts colleges in the country while still remaining the college of choice for African-American men,'' Massey said Friday.
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