Biden heads to Morehouse in an election year as White House engages with Black Americans [Video]

President Joe Biden will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, amid tension on college campuses over the war in the Middle East and Biden’s efforts to reach out to Black Americans.

Ahead of the president’s speech at the historically black and all male school, the administration has been in contact with students and faculty at Morehouse, and Biden plans to meet with students and staff while there, according to a senior administration official.

“I think it will be a moving commencement address. I think it will meet the moment and I think you will hear directly from the president on how he sees obviously the future of this country and also the community that they represent,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

President Biden has been “intimately” involved in drafting the speech, and in listening to younger people on his team and senior advisers, including those who attended Morehouse and other historically black …