June 17 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said Thursday it will give $5 million to four historically Black universities to help expand their engineering programs for designing the chips that power electronic devices.

Apple said the $5 million will be spread across Alabama A&M University, Howard University, in Washington, D.C., Morgan State University, in Baltimore, and Prairie View A&M University, in Texas, over three years.

The money comes from Apple's broader racial justice initiative, which it announced last year with $100 million in initial funding.