Morris Brown alumni raise $2.5 million

ATLANTA - Morris Brown College alumni pledged $2.5 million Friday to help pull the struggling school out of its $23 million debt. <br> <br> Morris Brown needs the money to stay open as the private, historically black college faces a committee review by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools on Monday. The school was already put on probation by SACS. <br> <br> Alumni will try to raise $50 million over the next year, said Alumni Association President Deloris Saunders. <br> <br> ``This is no glib commitment,&#39;&#39; Saunders said. ``This is a serious commitment to Morris Brown.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Local ministers and politicians vowed the 117-year-old school wouldn&#39;t close despite a recent audit that said it was doubtful the school could continue. <br> <br> ``Morris Brown will not close, it will not stop,&#39;&#39; said Michael Julian Bond, deputy director of the Atlanta NAACP. ``It will continue to educate people like myself.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Politicians said they would also seek monetary support from government sources.