[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 43 (Monday, March 11, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E286]
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                         UNCF 75TH ANNIVERSARY

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                           HON. ALMA S. ADAMS

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 11, 2019

  Ms. ADAMS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of the 75th 
anniversary of the United Negro College Fund.
  UNCF was founded in 1944 by Frederick Douglass Patterson to help 
increase the number of black Americans enrolled in college.
  In honor of UNCF's remarkable achievements, last week I joined with 
my colleague and Bipartisan HBCU Caucus Co-Chair Representative Bradley 
Byrne to introduce a resolution honoring UNCF as a strong organization 
that has a profound mission to build a robust and nationally recognized 
pipeline of students that will become leaders in our 21st century 
workforce.
  In the past 75 years, UNCF has raised over $4.8 billion in 
scholarship aid for students and annually awards scholarships and 
internships to more than 10,000 students nationwide.
  Due to the work of UNCF, more than 445 thousand students have earned 
college degrees and proven true their old adage of ``a mind is a 
terrible thing to waste--but a wonderful thing to invest in.''
  Happy anniversary UNCF Here's to another 75 years of proven, 
effective advocacy.

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