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The Improbable Run of Andrew Gillum
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Oct 30, 2018 06:06pm |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Wednesday, October 31, 2018 12:05:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Andrew Gillum's first serious act of political defiance came 18 years ago when he crashed the office he's now on the cusp of occupying himself, confronting a governor by the name of Jeb Bush.
Just a 20-year-old college sophomore at the time, Gillum was one of four students who stormed the governor's office in Tallahassee and vowed to wait as long as possible to push for changes to Bush's plan to dismantle affirmative action preferences.
With hundreds of chanting students circling the rotunda outside in protest, Bush quickly granted not only a meeting, but a few substantive concessions – promising the measure would be reviewed every three years and pledging support for legislation to pay for SAT preparatory courses for disadvantaged high school kids.
Gillum emerged claiming a step in the right direction, but also unfulfilled. |
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