Watch: Black Morehouse Students Turn Their Backs to Biden During Commencement Speech

Multiple students at Morehouse College turned their backs on U.S. President 👤Joe Biden while the president delivered his commencement address Sunday at the historically black college in Atlanta, Georgia.

“I support peaceful nonviolent protest,” Biden said in his speech to the graduates, while many of them turned their faces away from him, according to reporting from the New York Post.

Some of the students were seen wearing traditional Palestinian scarves known as keffiyehs.

Biden’s appearance at the college marks his first on-campus visit at Morehouse following the wave of pro-Palestinian protests that have disrupted universities and colleges throughout the country, according to the Post.

The president’s address to Morehouse graduates coincides with the fall in support he has been experiencing among black and young voters during his re-election campaign, NPR reported.

“In a democracy, we debate and dissent about America’s role in the world,” Biden was heard telling the students, according to CNN.

“I have more African Americans in high places, including on the court, than any president in American history. Because I need the input,” the president also said.