It's on the rise," Biden said in the White House's East room, speaking to civil rights leaders including the family of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., gathered for the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington.
A 21-year old white gunman shot and killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday.
Vice President Kamala Harris, in the East Room, warned that "there are those who are intentionally trying to divide us as a nation."
White supremacy "has no place in America," White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters earlier on Monday.
"Over the last 60 years this country has come a long way" to battle racism and white supremacy ideology, Stephen Benjamin, director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, said at the briefing.
Persons:
Malcom Jackson, Joe Biden, Biden, Martin Luther King Jr, Ryan Christopher Palmeter, T.K, Waters, Kamala Harris, Karine Jean, Pierre, Stephen Benjamin, Benjamin said, Ron DeSantis, Benjamin, Steve Holland, Jarrett Renshaw, Heather Timmons, David Gregorio, Rosalba O'Brien
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Jacksonville , Florida, U.S, Florida, Washington, America