{"id":2246863,"date":"2024-05-17T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-leans-in-heavily-to-black-outreach-for-brown-v-board-of-education-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:47:46","slug":"biden-leans-in-heavily-to-black-outreach-for-brown-v-board-of-education-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-leans-in-heavily-to-black-outreach-for-brown-v-board-of-education-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden prioritizes black outreach for Brown v. Board anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-leans-in-heavily-to-black-outreach-for-brown-v-board-of-education-anniversary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246863&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden honored the 70th \u200canniversary of the groundbreaking\u200c Brown v. Board ruling at the \u2062National Museum of African American History and \u200cCulture in Washington, D.C. His speech emphasized efforts to engage \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-now-up-in-michigan-florida-pennsylvania-and-tied-in-wisconsin-and-black-hispanic-and-evangelical-vote-is-up-from-2016\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING! Trump Now Up in Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tied in Wisconsin -- And Black, Hispanic and Evangelical Vote Is UP from 2016!\">black voters<\/a>\u2063 for the\u2062 2024 elections, highlighting the significance of education \u2062equity and historical funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-cnns-van-jones-furious-after-the-view-appearance-they-were-rude-he-was-completely-blindsided\/\" title=\"Report: CNN\u2019s Van Jones Furious After \u2018The View\u2019 Appearance: \u2018They Were Rude,\u2019 \u2018He Was Completely Blindsided\u2019\">black colleges<\/a>. Biden&#8217;s commitment to democracy and inclusivity was \u200bevident in his remarks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> commemorated the 70th anniversary of the landmark <em>Brown<\/em> <em>v. Board of Education<\/em> desegregation ruling by delivering remarks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Washington, D.C.,<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s speech comes as his campaign is placing a concerted effort on courting black voters ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> general election in November. Polls have indicated that while Biden continues to lead former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> among black voters, the president\u2019s support from that critical demographic has slipped since entering office in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NAACP and this museum are monuments to the power of black history, and black history is American history,\u201d Biden opened in his remarks before offering a veiled attack against Trump and other Republicans. \u201cWe have a whole group of people out there trying to rewrite history, trying to erase history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president continued to tout\u00a0his administration\u2019s efforts to advance education equity, specifically historic funding levels for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">historically black colleges<\/a> and universities, which he called \u201cvital to our nation\u2019s progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe founders of Morehouse understood something fundamental. Education is linked to freedom because to be free means to have something that no one can ever take away from you, and that\u2019s the power of an education,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s why the <em>Brown<\/em> decision we commemorate today is so important. The work of building democracy is a possibility of a democracy worthy of our dreams starts with opening the doors of opportunity for everyone without exception, and we can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, Biden will travel to Atlanta for a series of events focusing on the black community, culminating in the keynote address at Morehouse College on Sunday. Earlier in the week, the president met with the plaintiffs and family members from <em><em>Brown<\/em> <em>v. Board of Education<\/em><\/em>  and will host the presidents of the \u201cDivine Nine,\u201d a group of historically black fraternities and sororities, as well on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The president also formalized his plans to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance, which the White House has framed as an effort to extend equity to the black community.<\/p>\n<p>Trey Baker, a senior adviser to Biden\u2019s campaign, said Friday that they have \u201cbeen authentic and consistent\u201d in their efforts \u201cto reach black voters and ensure they are aware that no other administration in modern history has delivered for Black American in the way Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Black unemployment rate skyrocketed under Trump, the Biden-Harris administration helped to create over 2.5 million jobs for Black workers, resulting in record low Black unemployment,\u201d Baker wrote. \u201cBlack business ownership is also growing at the fastest pace in 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He says the number of \u201cblack households owning a business\u201d has doubled since the COVID-19 pandemic and that Biden is rapidly closing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-student-debt-forgiveness-would-cost-taxpayers-millions\/\" title=\"Democrats push for student debt forgiveness, would cost taxpayers millions\">racial wealth gap<\/a>, most notably by extending $160 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-bloomberg-presidential-campaign-staffers-hit-with-tax-bills-on-income-higher-than-their-salaries\/\" title=\"Former Bloomberg Presidential Campaign Staffers Hit With Tax Bills On Income Higher Than Their Salaries\">student loan debt forgiveness<\/a> to black borrowers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Biden\u2019s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"wLDKO6uIH9o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden Delivers Remarks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wLDKO6uIH9o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden marked the 70th anniversary of Brown v. 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