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Heroes: Paying it forward
Posted on by Dave Ashton

The commencement speaker at Morehouse College in Atlanta gave one of the most memorable speeches ever…when he told the Class of 2019 he was paying off their student loans!

Meet Robert F. Smith…one of “Today’s Heroes“!

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