[HIGHLIGHTS] The sacred and the political come together in Joe Biden's campaign for another term in the United States

The president visited several African-American churches in South Carolina, where the Democratic primaries begin. African American churches in the United States embody the union between the political and the sacred.

Its importance is linked to the harsh reality of a country that was segregated for decades and in which these congregations were the only space where the black community could debate freely. Leaders such as the Reverend Martin Luther King turned to Baptist and Methodist churches to promote the civil rights movement and, now, the US president, Joe Biden, returns to them.