Biden: Parts of US 'backsliding' into Jim Crow days

President Biden said parts of the United States are "backsliding" into "the days of Jim Crow," during remarks Wednesday at the National Action Network's national convention – one of the largest civil rights conferences in the country.

"This organization has always been an essential voice, but never more essential than it is today," Biden said. "Upholding and advancing the security and prosperity of health and well-being, dignity, possibilities of all Black Americans." "It's at a time when the pandemic and the economic crisis continue to devastate Black communities, at a time when the cry for justice for a hundred years in the making is ringing out across our nation," Biden said.