Thousands sign petition protesting DeVos commencement speech

  • 7 years ago
More than 50,000 people signed a petition urging administrators at Bethune-Cookman University to remove Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos as the school's commencement speaker. Students protesting DeVos asked the institution to rescind DeVos' invitation, noting that she does not understand the "significance of a historically black college." "Having DeVos speak at the commencement ceremony is an insult to the BCU graduating class, students, alumni, family, friends, and Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's legacy," the petition reads. If DeVos is not removed as the commencement speaker, hundreds are expected to protest the ceremony on Wednesday.