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c-span, 45 years by cable. bidet the 70th anniversary of thed ofn supreme court decision that desegregated schools during an event at the african-american history museum in washington, d.c. during his remark, the president highlighted his administration's support of historically black colleges and discussed education policy. president biden also ackn little rock nine, among the first black students to integrateo followie court decision. ♪ "hail to the chief" plays pres. biden: my name is joe biden and i'm a lifetime member of the cp. -- naacp.

[applause] i saidar -- so many people here today, you changed the world. 70 years ago. i say the world. that's not hyperbole. i'm not exang rating. not only changed the united states, it changed our role in the world. in a fundamental way. i know there's a lot more president johnson that introduction, thank you for your leadership. but mos importantly, for the naacp.it an honor to be with alf you here at the national museum of african-american history and culture. i remember trying to get this built for years. pretty neat isn't it? [applause] i want to thank the staff whohin incredible job. together the naacp and

museum are monuments to black history. hiory.ack histos you know it. it's an important thing to continue, we have a whole group ofe out3 there trying to rewrite history. trying to erase history. it's a tribute to heroes, known and unknown, nation's north star. we're unique world, and i mean . every other nation is based on d other things. we're the only one based on . we hold these truths to be self-evident are created equal, endowed by the creator with certain inalienable right, and should be treated equally their whole throughout their lives. we've never really lived up to that idea, to s t butty never walked away from it either because of soan this roo. [a when --

reporter: 70 years ago when the supreme court ruled in brown vs. board ofdu that segregation was un once upon they were excluded from certain classroom bus 70 years later, they're inside the most ita of -- room of all, the oval office, where they belong. [applause] once upon time, wasn't that long ago, all the progress we have made and stillavmore to do, and there are still groups trying to erase it. one the cases that led to the landmark decision was in myofe. a black mother from delaware joined by parents of other students in claymont, a tn i moved to when work ran out in scranton, pennsylvania. moved back here in third grade,

back to delaware in third grade. they wanted a simple proposition they wanted their kids to be able to attend school and be treated with kignity and respect they asked aoo to and admired as lawyer. louis williams. he brilliant. he didn't get admitted until after his he enlisted a young jewish lawyer from the naacp, jack greenberg, to help himise strategy to get rid of segregation in delaware public schools. in beulah vs. again and -- any delawareans here today? all right. first time ever. segregated white public schools were ordered to admit black

children. the argument in those cases laid the legalrawork for brown vs. the board. historic,elestruth about america. when we make real the promise of tion changes for the better, everything from the economy, tog grows. after brown vs. board decision, the public schools gradually and often much too slowly were integrated. graduation rates for black and latino students significantly. brown proves a simple idea, we learn better when we learn together. that's why in my administration, increasing funding for slsng tom different backgrounds. my department of education is investing $300 million including another $20 million announced today, to support diversity in our schools. [applause] we're also funding efforts to increase diversity in teaching

professions. as the president said, black yot to black teachers. black students who have black teachers are significantly more likely to graduate from high school. and enroll in college. it makes a difference. it matters. my department of education provided additional aos half a million dollars, $450,000,000 to ensure more diverse ters this will go to training teachers at hbcu's, tribal colleges and minority-serving institutions. by the way, not because i'm married to one, but we need to give teachers a raise. [applause] i meant. every child deserves a quality education. how can we -- how can we have the strongest economy in the world without the best education world?

i mean it's not possible. it tap into the full talents of our entire nation. the answer starts with childhood, early childhood education. because of the nation's legacy discrimination, black children start school an average of seven months bind their peers in reading. but one year of universal, high quality pre-k could eliminate 98% of that gap. o year. when children go to preschool, they're0% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a-yeaor four-year degree no matter what their background is. that's why my administration is working to support black children. as soon as i came to office i supported the american rescue plan. not one reic voted for it. not one. but the american rescue plan expanded child care tax credit tots deliver monthly checks to working families and cut plaque child poverty in half.

[applause] my republican friends let it expire, i'm going to keep fighting to re-established. h [applause] i'm going to keep fighting to make sure preschools unersal for every 3 and 4-year-old in america. we can afford to do this. it's not hard. instead of giving multibillion dollar breaks to the s wealthy, let's make the wealthy begin to pay their fair share of taxes and we can afford all this. [applause] i'll ad lib a little biti'll geg you longer but, you know, we have billionaire in america. i'm a capitalist. if you can makehat ney fine. just pay your fair share. but here's the deal. rate is for a billionaire in america? 80.3%.

8.3%. if we just raised it to could cut the deficit and so much more. utah pay your fair share. good n it's good for the countryhe hav. it gloas economy. we're working to ensure every matter what their zip code, has access to a quality education experience in k-12. this eamerican rescue plan delivered $130 american schools, the most ever in=c edation in our nation's history. and we a $202 students who are the most for in need. these dollars heaven with things tutoring, paying teachers, what they deserve, providing more advanced casework. and courseworks as well. while college degrees are still the ticket to the middle class that ticket isom expensive.

too many, too many youngeo dealh unsustainable debt in exchange for a college degre that's why my administration is taking the most significant action, the supreme court tried to stop me, to most ever. i've been able tove $160 billion in student debt. for over 4.5 million americansir of black borrowers. that means they can now start family, buy a home, save for their children's school, give ba their communities. it also increased the maximum pell grant by $900. the largest increase in a decade. and it matters because over 60% of black state of the unions rely on pell grants to go to and something i'm really proud of, we're making historic investments in historic black colleges and universities.

[applause] i'm from delaware so i go along with delaware state being the best hbcu. kamala keeps saying it's howard. applause] and i'm going sunday to make a at that other place. morehouse? morehouse. i've got more morehouse men in my administration than morehouse. regardless of loyalty, it's clear,s are vital to our nation's progress. [cheers and applause] iea that's not hyperbole. hbcu's are responsible for 40% of black engineers in ama. 50% of black teachers. 70% of all black doctors and dentists. 80% of all black judges. and by the way, i put more on

the bench than anybody ever has. [cheers and applause] an0% black vice presidents. [cheers and applause] we got it. hbcu's also don't have endowments like other colleges andies that are able to fund research labs and so much more. kamala and i made a commitment to lift hbcu's up and we're in commitment. today i'm proud to announce, as was mentioned earlier by the president, we've invested over $16 billion in hbcu's.ever of ay administration,on amongst all administrations.e] this investment helps hbcu's do everything from student house, study climate science, create

health research lab, preparate r labs and industries of the future because they don't have the endowments to d themselves now. let's be clear. i know real power when i see it. later today, in the oval office, i'll be mting with the presidents of the divine nine. [cheers and applause] you all think i'm kidding, don't you? i'm proud that we're the first -- yot it. [cheers and applause] i can tell there's -- anyway. we're the first administration in history to have a working group from the divine nine in the white house,askethem to do that from the beginning. we know after brown vs. board, there were still many trying to deny opportunity and freedom to al americans a few minutes ago i spoke with some of the little rock nine who

we determined to integrate little rock, arkansas, 6years ago. i want to recognize them,u can, please stand, rise so we can all see. [cheers and applause] >> thank god eisenhower was president, thank god we had the little rock nine were met with vitriol and violence. todayesistance comes in other insidious forms. an extreme movement by my predecessor and his maga republican allies gutted affirmative action in college admissions. my predecessor his extreme maga friends are going after diversity, inclusion all across america they want a country for some,

not for all.t's not kid ourselv. this is the god's truth thai'm saying. ma friends are responsible for taking away other freedoms, from the freedo to vote to the freedom to choose. i've always believed that the promof is big enough for everyone to succeed. and i mean. that everyone to suc. that's what brown is all about. that's what allbout. that's what america is about. let me clo with this. on sunday, i'm attending the commencement at college, one of our nation's most important institutions. it was founded after our nation's civil war to help prepare black americans who were formerly enslaves to enter the ministry, earn an education, and usher them from slavery to freedom. the founders of morehouse understood something fundamental. ed freedom. because to be free means to have

somethingha take away from you. that's the power of an education. that's why the brown decision we commemorate today is so important. the work of buildingemracy is a possibility, a democracy worthy of our dreams, starts with opening the doors of opportunity for everyone, wi we can do it. we just have to remember who we are. we are the united states of a. there's nothing beyond our capacity when we decide to wo together. god bless you all. and thank you alr all of the bravery you have demonstrated over the years. may troops. thank you, thank you, thank you. proud to be here. thank you. [applause] [hail to t chief] ♪

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