President Joe Biden will be the commencement speaker for Georgia's Morehouse College next month.
President Joe Biden arrives to speak at Prince William Forest Park on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Triangle, Va. Biden is announcing $7 billion in federal grants to provide residential solar projects serving low- and middle-income communities and expanding his American Climate Corps green jobs training program.
Polls have suggested Biden and Harris have work to do generate the same levels of Black support they won in 2020, especially among younger voters. It would not take a significant drop in Black turnout for Biden to yield several states to former President Donald Trump in their rematch. Among states Trump won, Biden is targeting North Carolina, which has a notable Black college student population. Trump's margin in the state was about 75,000 votes.
Reflecting the nation's overall racial gaps in income and net worth, Black college students are disproportionately dependent on Pell Grants, which typically cover only a fraction of overall college costs, and student loans. According to Federal Reserve data, about 1 out of 3 Black households has student loan debt, compared to about 1 in 5 white households. The average Black borrower also is carrying about $10,000 more in debt than the average white borrower.
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