By Caitlin Gibson,
At first, Athena Cross was sure shed somehow misheard. As she sat in the sunshine at her sons college graduation ceremony at Morehouse College in Atlanta, where billionaire tech investor Robert F. Smith was addressing the 2019 graduating class, Smith suddenly made a stunning announcement: His family would create a grant to eliminate the student loans of the class of nearly 400 young men sitting before him.
[Billionaire Robert F. Smith pledges to pay off Morehouse College Class of 2019s student loans]
Crosss older son, Tyler, had graduated from college just a few days earlier. Now her younger son, Cameron, was graduating from Morehouse, and although she was overwhelmed by pride, shed also spent week…
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