Amazing: Billionaire Pledges To Pay Student Debt For 2019 Class At Historic Black College Morehouse!

Delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta, the alma mater of Martin Luther King Jr, the billionaire technology investor and philanthropist Robert F Smith made a surprise announcement: his family would wipe out the student debt of the entire class of 2019. Smith‘s words to nearly 400 graduating seniors were greeted with a moment of stunned silence, then, unsurprisingly, the biggest cheers of the morning.

Fast forward to the 33:00 minute mark for the announcement.