Biden’s upcoming graduation speech roils Morehouse College, a center of Black politics and culture
By BILL BARROW and MATT BROWN
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war when he speaks at Morehouse College’s commencement. Morehouse is a center of Black politics and culture. It’s located in Atlanta, the largest city in a swing state Biden flipped from Republican Donald Trump four years ago. The Democratic president’s speech Sunday will come as he tries to make inroads with a key and symbolic constituency — young Black men. The announcement of the speech last month triggered peaceful protests and calls for the university to cancel over Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas.
