Betsy DeVos’ Controversial Statements On African-American Colleges In The Past

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Betsy DeVos’ Controversial Statements On African-American Colleges In The Past

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was booed and repeatedly interrupted by students Wednesday during her commencement speech in Bethune-Cookman University, a historically black college in Daytona Beach, Florida. The hostile reception for DeVos, who was one of President Donald Trump's controversial cabinet choices, was mainly as a result of controversial statements she had made in the past regarding African-American colleges. One of those came at the end of Black History Month this year, when she equated the role of Historically Black ...

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