In the midst of nationwide unrest and international demonstrations about race relations and police use of force sparked by the death of a black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Joe Biden recalled the start of his career being shaped by similar racial tensions.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968 during Biden’s last year of law school at Syracuse University, sparking riots in Wilmington, Delaware.

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