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Students Boo, Turn Their Backs on DeVos at Bethune-Cookman Speech [View all]
Betsy DeVos, the U.S. education secretary, drew loud boos on Wednesday from attendees at Bethune-Cookman University’s commencement ceremony, where she delivered the keynote address. Many graduating students in the audience also turned their backs on her as she spoke.
At one point, the president of the university, Edison O. Jackson, interrupted Ms. DeVos to warn protesting students that if they continued to boo, “your degrees will be mailed to you.”
Ms. DeVos did not directly acknowledge the protests in her address at the historically black university, though she did say the Trump administration would “continue to support” HBCUs.
At one point, the president of the university, Edison O. Jackson, interrupted Ms. DeVos to warn protesting students that if they continued to boo, “your degrees will be mailed to you.”
Ms. DeVos did not directly acknowledge the protests in her address at the historically black university, though she did say the Trump administration would “continue to support” HBCUs.
http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/students-boo-turn-their-backs-on-devos-at-bethune-cookman-speech/118303
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