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Jan 2022
28m 8s

One Year In, Has Biden Had Our Backs?

MSNBC, Trymaine Lee
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Joe Biden promised to have the back of Black America. One year into his administration, NBC's Yamiche Alcindor tells us how that promise is holding up. 
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