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11th U.S. Secretary of Education. Proud mother, grandmother and wife. Lifelong advocate for children and better schools.

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    Betsy DeVos‏Verified account @BetsyDeVosED 28 Feb 2017

    Providing an alternative option to students denied the right to attend a quality school is the legacy of #HBCUs.

    10:52 AM - 28 Feb 2017
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    985 replies 312 retweets 673 likes
      1. New conversation
      2. WildFyahBiz‏ @WildFyahBiz 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BetsyDeVosED

        #HBCUs were our ONLY choice. Their was no OPTION when they were founded. Smh

        5 replies 80 retweets 515 likes
      3. Charles G‏ @RobotWhatIsLove 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @WildFyahBiz

        I can't believe I'm surprised @BetsyDeVosED rewrote history to justify her agenda.

        2 replies 17 retweets 102 likes
      4. WildFyahBiz‏ @WildFyahBiz 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @RobotWhatIsLove @BetsyDeVosED

        nothing this entire administration says or does surprises me. Will be a long 4 yrs. Longer 2 undo damage

        0 replies 4 retweets 79 likes
      5. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. northierthanthou.com‏ @Brimshack 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BetsyDeVosED

        Double-speak at its finest. Your policies will leave minorities in the dust and you know it. @BetsyDeVosED

        2 replies 12 retweets 79 likes
      3. Ian‏ @IanMCohen 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Brimshack

        .@Brimshack @BetsyDeVosED - DeVosEd: Verb, to get screwed over by a billionaire white woman who knows nothing about education.

        3 replies 33 retweets 131 likes
      4. #IndivisibleRobin‏ @RobinNorfolkVa 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @IanMCohen @Brimshack @BetsyDeVosED

        And didn't do any "Homework" on the subject.

        3 replies 2 retweets 36 likes
      5. northierthanthou.com‏ @Brimshack 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @RobinNorfolkVa @IanMCohen @BetsyDeVosED

        SHe wouldn't as a matter of principle. This is anti-intellectualism becoming school policy.

        1 reply 3 retweets 27 likes
      6. Ian‏ @IanMCohen 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Brimshack @BetsyDeVosED

        only the elite are allowed an education. Welcome back to the feudal system.

        1 reply 1 retweet 15 likes
      7. northierthanthou.com‏ @Brimshack 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @IanMCohen @BetsyDeVosED

        A feudal system ushered in when 60 million people lashed out at liberal elites by voting for an aristocrat.

        1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
      8. Ian‏ @IanMCohen 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Brimshack @BetsyDeVosED

        - the proletariats never learn.

        0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      9. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. gwendolyn smithheart‏ @smithheart 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BetsyDeVosED

        It is amazing the level of your ignorance and condescension. HBCU's are the direct result of oppression

        6 replies 79 retweets 364 likes
      3. Artman4us‏ @Artman4us 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @smithheart

        @Pinkomomma @BetsyDeVosED Go back to Amway and leave education to professionals!

        0 replies 3 retweets 24 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Brian Epps‏ @brianepps 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BetsyDeVosED

        you are forewarned tread lightly with #HBCUs we grads will come for you as fiercely as the beehivepic.twitter.com/XjCnqySUJq

        2 replies 29 retweets 147 likes
      3. Brian Epps‏ @brianepps 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @brianepps @BetsyDeVosED

        #HBCUs were not merely "alternatives" unlike most of 45 "facts"

        2 replies 7 retweets 58 likes
      4. Brian Epps‏ @brianepps 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @brianepps @BetsyDeVosED

        I suggest spending more than an hour "goggling" info, spend sometime on a campus, with historians, community members

        2 replies 11 retweets 55 likes
      5. Brian Epps‏ @brianepps 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @brianepps @BetsyDeVosED

        our fight is not over on our campuses, I'm a grad of @PVAMUPanthers the university where #SandraBland was a student

        1 reply 3 retweets 39 likes
      6. Brian Epps‏ @brianepps 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @brianepps @BetsyDeVosED @PVAMUPanthers

        not to mention events like these http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/picture-this-more-than-1000/ …http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Prairie-View-A-M-students-win-fight-for-early-6873964.php …

        1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
      7. Brian Epps‏ @brianepps 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @brianepps @BetsyDeVosED @PVAMUPanthers

        http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/picture-this-more-than-1000/ …

        1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
      8. Brian Epps‏ @brianepps 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @brianepps @BetsyDeVosED @PVAMUPanthers

        you can get a real personal history lesson and tour from former Mayor Frank Jacksonhttps://www.texasobserver.org/prairie-view-mayor-frank-jackson-interview/ …

        1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
      9. Brian Epps‏ @brianepps 28 Feb 2017
        Replying to @brianepps @BetsyDeVosED

        large portion of our thinkers, athletes, leaders and historic figures in this country are grads of #HBCUs

        1 reply 7 retweets 24 likes
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