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The president aimed to leverage appearances at an NAACP event in Detroit and at a commencement speech in Atlanta to make inroads with a constituency that has drifted away from him in recent polls.
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 Elijah Nouvelage/GettyPresident Joe Biden's commencement speech at Morehouse College on Sunday went off mostly without a hitch, though a handful of students and faculty turned their backs on him as he spoke while some walked out altogether—a muted response for a modern president as pro-Palestinian sentiments continue to roil higher education.
Biden's speech at the historically Black men's college touched on many of his campaign's pillars, including his economic wins and his calls for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, while acknowledging policies that have boosted Black Americans. The speech was Biden's first direct interaction with college students after a month of protests across U.S. college campuses, including Columbia, the University of California-Los Angeles, and the University of Florida.
Biden was greeted with a standing ovation from multiple Morehouse alums as he took the stage, according to a video posted on social media, though students largely remained seated. About six students turned their backs towards Biden as he spoke, according to NBC News, in a continuation of various protests at commencements nationwide over the war.
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