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HBCU: Morris Brown Pays Bill, Still in Deep Debt

By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Atlanta Historically Black College Morris Brown University paid its $380,000 water bill last week after three months of being close to having the water turned off at the historic school, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. For now the doors remain open as fundraisers and the administration press on to begin to tackle the $30 million of debt that remains for the school, following embezzlement by the former readers and its lost of accreditation.