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...Later in his Harvard career, Strauss devoted himself to civil rights, founding the Fellowship of Concerned University Students (FOCUS), a group that helped more than 400 black students gain admission and find funding to attend previously segregated colleges...
...Though Strauss eventually secured $130,000 in grants from the Carnegie and Ford Foundations for the project, the early days of the project were less financially stable. On one occasion, he and his friends had to convince a bus driver to let them on board by offering postage stamps as currency...
...Strauss was inspired to embark on the project while working as a counselor at Prairie View A&M University, an all-black college in Texas, during the summer following his sophomore year...
...very struck by the fact there were some very bright folks who weren’t able to go to colleges that he felt would really prepare them,” Janie Strauss said...
...After graduating from the College, Strauss spent the next four years earning degrees from Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School, where he was one of 18 members of the school’s first graduating class...