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FILE - Joe Biden, then seeking the Democratic nomination for president, center, and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., sing during services at New Hope Baptist Church on March 8, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. Federal investigations into public spending on the failing water system in Mississippi's majority-Black capital city are a test of President Biden's commitment to racial equity, one of his congressional allies told hundreds of people at a town hall meeting on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, hosted by the NAACP. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)