Many Black Women Aimed For The White House, Before Kamala Harris
The vice president-elect of the United States is the American daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants.
With Joe Biden’s projected presidential win over Donald Trump, Sen. Kamala Harris breaks three centuries-old barriers to become the nation’s first female vice president, first Black vice president and first Black female vice president. Harris is also of Indian descent, making the 2020 election a meaningful first for two communities of color.
Harris wasn’t the first Black female vice presidential aspirant in American history. Charlotta Bass, an African American journalist and political activist from California, ran for vice president in 1948 with the Progressive Party.
Before she was Biden’s running mate, Harris was his opponent in the Democratic presidential primary. She is one of m...