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sufficient. But handicapped by small endowments and necessarily low tution fees, they must seek help to secure the remaining 10 percent of their combined operating costs. The colleges, all but one, are located in 11 Southern states were 73 percent of college-age Negroes live. 

The money raised by UNCF enables the member colleges to provide more scholarship aid for deserving students; for teaching and science laboratory equipment; to retain valuable staff and secure more good teachers; for library books and student health programs. Contributors are American business and industry, labor unions, alumni; churches and students of other colleges. 

To some folks UNCF is a plea for segregation backed by wealthy whites who would rather help foot Negro college bills than see the 23,000 Negro college students involved flow into white institutions. Actually, moving spirits behind the Fund greeted the Supreme Court segregation in schools decision of May 17, 
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Most collage-age Negroes live in South. Many are unable to hurdle dollar barrier to education. Fund scholarship aid gives them a boost. 
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thirty-one college heads and guests at jam-packed Metropolitan Opera House convocation. Dulles praised Fund efforts as great spiritual goal. 
NEGRO COLLEGE FUND IN ACTION

OUR WORLD 
A PICTURE MAGAZINE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY 

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