President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition of U.S. students' anguish over the Israel-Hamas war, telling graduates of historically Black Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza break his heart,
President Joe Biden gave a commencement speech at Morehouse, one of the country's preeminent historically Black colleges, as pro-Palestinian protests continue on campuses across the US.
From students draping themselves in the Palestinian flag to many others walking out, the Morehouse College graduation was a ceremony of resistance and protest — with President Joe Biden as the commencement speaker.
United States President Joe Biden was met with silent protests from students and faculty at Morehouse College this past weekend while delivering the annual commencement speech at the famed HBCU’s graduation ceremony.
President Biden yesterday gave the commencement address at Morehouse College with few disruptions from those assembled, despite calls for protests or for the speech to be canceled, Axios' Sareen Habeshian reports.
President Joe Biden on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest over the Israel-Hamas war, and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza have been heartbreaking.
Following President Joe Biden’s commencement speech Sunday morning, Morehouse College has released a statement via their social media accounts. The statement comes after some students and faculty members engaged in peaceful and silent protests and the conferring of an honorary degree for Biden.
While President Joe Biden gave a commencement address (and received an honorary degree) from Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday, May 19, several students staged pro-Palestine protests — some turning their backs and others walking out.
President Joe Biden got a mostly warm welcome as the keynote speaker at Morehouse College’s commencement ceremony on Sunday. Yet there was a whiff of college campus unrest over the war in Gaza inside and outside the campus gates.
President Joe Biden acknowledged anti-Israel student protests while speaking at the Morehouse College commencement — but he also faced some protests of his own during the speech. The war in