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Morehouse College students packed a campus auditorium Tuesday evening to voice their anger at the decision to invite President Joe Biden to deliver the historically Black institution’s commencement address next month.
Most of the estimated 50 students in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting expressed outrage and frustration at Biden’s support for Israel in its war against Hamas. The conflict has killed more than 34,000 Palestinian civilians since October. Students who spoke Tuesday expressed horror at the images of dead Palestinian women and children that they’ve seen on social media. Only one student in attendance defended Biden’s scheduled appearance.
Some worried that giving Biden a platform at Martin Luther King Jr.’s alma mater could damage the school’s reputation while others defended the move, suggesting that a presidential visit underscores the school’s stature as an elite institution rather than undermining it.
