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Betsy DeVos struggled to give a graduation speech at a black university over relentless booing

Trailed by a steady stream of jeers and protests, US education secretary Betsy DeVos gave a commencement speech at the historically black school Bethune-Cookman University today, asking graduates to be accepting of outside views and to rise to the challenge of service within their communities.

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