A short lesson in respect meant to last a lifetime
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Last updated 5/18/2017 at 2:38pm
By PAUL DELANEY
Staff Reporter
In the daily flood of stories that makes headlines these days — be they real, rushed or contrived — one stood out last week.
And I can tell you it was not for reasons that may be at all obvious.
The appearance by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on May 9 as the commencement speaker at Bethune-Cookman University in Florida drew boos, cat-calls from an audience largely composed of those graduating from college.
Been there, done that I recalled — when I was about 10.
Still, over 50 years later, the incident is etched firmly in my mind. We were gathered...
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