On Wednesday, President Joe Biden Biden will stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the most influential Black Democrats in the country and debut a coalition that the campaign hopes will help shore up support with the key Democratic constituency.

Biden is slated to speak at Girard College, the historic boarding school in Fairmount, alongside Vice President Kamala Harris and several local and national high-profile Black Democrats, sources familiar with the planning told The Inquirer.

It will be Biden’s third trip to Philadelphia — and sixth to Pennsylvania — this year, continuing a deep focus on the swing state where polling shows he narrowly trails former President Donald Trump.

Biden won Black voters overwhelmingly in 2020, as the pandemic disproportionately impacted Black Americans, many of whom blamed Trump for his response.

Four years later, it's the economy at the forefront of voters' minds, and polling shows an erosion of support for Biden among nonwhite voters, traditionally a Democratic stronghold.