Brown says the greatest gift is education RELATED VIDEO CNN's Greg Lefevre introduces us to a woman whose promise is more than just words Windows Media 28K 80K

June 18, 1999
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OAKLAND, California (CNN) -- In 1987, a real estate agent of modest means strode into a school in one of Oakland's poorest neighborhoods and told the members of a kindergarten class that she would pay for their college education if they studied hard.

This week, Orel Lee Brown made good on her pledge. Watch the video of her beneficiaries as they prepare to undertake a higher education.