A $38 million donation to Xavier University of Louisiana, the largest in the institution's history, was announced only days ago. The gift came from MacKenzie Scott , the philanthropist who founded Amazon with former husband Jeff Bezos. Within the last couple of weeks, a couple of Atlanta HBCUs — Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University — also got $38 million each.

Earlier this month , Philander Smith University in Arkansas got $19 million from Scott's foundation, Yield Giving , and Prairie View A&M University in Texas and North Carolina A&T State University each received $63 million. Morgan State University in Baltimore got $63 million last month.

The day the Xavier contribution was announced, campus faculty, staff and students and Xavier alumni went crazy with exciteme

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