Biden Appeals to Black Voters Amid Falling Polls

‘Black history is American history,’ the president said during a speech at the African-American museum in Washington.

President Joe Biden speaks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington on May 17, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

President Biden continued his push to reinvigorate support among black voters on May 17 when he took the stage to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court Ruling of Brown v. Board of Education.

“Seventy years ago, you changed the world,” Biden told an enthusiastic crowd at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in downtown Washington.