Why did Bethune-Cookman Grads turn their backs on Betsy?
If you haven't heard Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education was invited to give the commencement speech at the well known HBCU, Bethune-Cookman University. Over 50,000 individuals signed a petition to "un-invite" her, but those voices were not heard and the president decided to bring her anyway. During the speech some students turned their back to her, and a few others did a little bit of heckling. So you might be saying "why?? that is so disrespectful!" Well, the students w