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Family donates $5M to SDSU Black Resource Center, repaying decades-old gesture
KPBS Midday Edition
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Mar 19, 2024
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Family donates $5M to SDSU Black Resource Center, repaying decades-old gesture
KPBS Midday Edition
Episode
Mar 19, 2024
45m
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In 1939 Coronado, Gus and Emma Thompson rented to Lloyd Dong Sr. and Margaret Dong, when nobody else would. Decades later, the Dong's children are donating $5 million to serve Black college students at SDSU.
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KPBS Midday Edition is a daily talk show hosted by Jade Hindmon, keeping San Diegans in the know on everything from politics to the arts.
www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpbs-midday-edition
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