From $1 donations to a $150 million gift: The history of giving at Austin's only HBCU

Huston-Tillotson University's Vice President of Institutional Advancement Linda Y. Jackson said in the 150-year history of the school, there has always been an “ongoing initiative” to raise money -- whether through the Freedman’s Aid Society, the decades-long investments from Texas philanthropists like the Moody Foundation, or donations as small as $1 from neighbors.