Robert F. Smith, the billionaire who vowed to eliminate the student debt of Morehouse College’s Class of 2019, is still in the giving spirit. He now has plans to help 1,000 students score paid internships.

The entrepreneur created intern X, a sector of his Fund II Foundation. The program is helping "rising sophomores with at least a 2.8 GPA from ethnically underrepresented groups" land an eight-week summer internship in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

AT&T, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Deloitte, Citi and Vista Equity Partners are reportedly among the companies that have pledged to take on internX candidates.

Earlier this month, Smith shocked Morehouse graduates when he revealed he’d be paying off their student loan debt. The technology investor, who received an honorary doctorate from the HBCU, made the surprise announcement during the institution’s morning commencement. The gift has been estimated to be worth up to $40 million.

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To register for internX, visit  https://internx.org/register/student .

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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