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Atlanta (AFP) - US President Joe Biden said Sunday he heard the voice of Gaza war protesters as some students turned their backs on his graduation ceremony speech at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. A small number of graduates carried out the silent protest, with some holding Palestinian flags and one holding up a fist as Biden spoke at Morehouse College, a historically Black university in Atlanta, Georgia. Others wore keffiyeh scarves over their gowns in a sign of solidarity with the protests that have roiled campuses across the United States over Israel's off...
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Atlanta (AFP) - US President Joe Biden speaks Sunday at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr, in a bid to woo Black voters that risks being overshadowed by protests against Israel's war in Gaza. Biden's graduation speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, will be his most direct engagement with students since demonstrations over the conflict roiled campuses across the United States. Students at Morehouse, a historically Black university, have called on the college administration to cancel the speech over Biden's support for Israel, which has caused strong op...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden accused election rival Donald Trump of suppressing diversity Friday, as the US president stepped up efforts to shore up support among Black voters ahead of November's election. In a speech at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, the 81-year-old Democrat said the "extreme" Republican and his allies were trying to "erase history." "My predecessor and his extreme MAGA friends are now going after diversity, equity and inclusion all across America," said Biden, referring to Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement. "They want a c...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden is trying to shore up his support among vital Black voters with a series of events starting Thursday, including a visit to the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. The veteran Democrat relied on African American voters to help him beat Donald Trump in 2020, but some polls show those same voters are increasingly deserting him ahead of November's rematch with the Republican. On Thursday, the 81-year-old Biden marked the 70th anniversary of a famous US Supreme Court ruling that overturned racial segregation in schools by meeting ...
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Columbia (United States) (AFP) - If there's one place US President Joe Biden can count on for support from Black voters, it is Toliver's Mane Event barbershop in the South Carolina state capital Columbia. A framed photo on the wall pictures the moment a smiling Biden visited the shop before his turnaround Democratic primary win in 2020. "We think that he's done a wonderful job," says co-owner Christopher Toliver, 53, a viewpoint echoed by customers arriving for early morning appointments at this veritable institution for the city's Black community. Not everyone agrees. A number of polls have ...
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Baltimore (AFP) - Young, Black and Republican, Kim Klacik wants to embody the "next generation" of pro-Trump voters -- and if, despite the odds, she wins a Congressional seat on November 3, it will be a hugely symbolic victory.Klacik is running in Baltimore, the Maryland port city decried by President Donald Trump as "disgusting" and "rodent infested."If she can win it, she would take the seat long held by Elijah Cummings, an emblematic figure of the Democratic Party who died last year. The city has long been held by Democrats. But Klacik has been endorsed by Trump, and she has raised $6.4 mil...
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