In her speech to the Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harris announced the party’s nominee for vice president in 2020, calling for her sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest Black sorority in the country, and for her brothers and sisters “of historic Black colleges and universities.
There’s probably a reason she did this: there are more than 100 historic Black colleges in the U.S., which gives the Biden-Harris ticket a huge advantage if they can attract these young voters. Harris graduated from Howard University, a historic Black college in Washington.
Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for president, launched in early 2020 a historic Black College initiative, which includes $ 70 billion in additional funding for historic black universities and free tuition for historic Black colleges with four-year degrees as part of its “Build Better Better ”plan.
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Biden’s decision to add a Black woman to his ticket to graduate from a historic Black college has boosted his campaign, raising $ 48 million in 48 hours of his announcement.
Howard University President Wayne AI Frederick on Wednesday night showed his support for Harris and encouraged his students to do the same.
“I need everyone in their @HowardU gear last night because @KamalaHarris is accepting the nomination for Vice President of the United States. Share and post your images with the tags #WeAreHUProud, ”tweeted Frederick.
Dozens of posters responded to posting photos of themselves in Howard University gear up at the Democratic National Convention.
But the historic Black University connections are about more than getting student voters, there are several prominent alumni who came from Howard University who can provide support.
Taraji P. Henson, Anthony Anderson, Elijah Cummings and Thurgood Marshall and are all prominent alumni who have left a legacy or continue to push for Black rights in the United States, which is a topic that has been at the forefront of political debates nation.
In her acceptance speech Wednesday night, Harris addressed the historic significance this week has for women, as the 19th Amendment was ratified 100 years ago on Aug.18, 1920, and as Harris became the first Black and South Asian American woman is who has been selected as vice presidential candidate.
“Without fanfare or recognition, organizing, witnessing, gathering, marching and fighting – not just for their vote, but for a seat at the table,” Harris said when talking about suffragists, including black suffragists who do not all do it good wins would take decades to vote because of certain state laws. “These women and the generations that followed worked to create democracy and opportunity in the lives of all of us who followed.”
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Harris also referred to another prominent figure in the Black community, former Congressman John Lewis, during her acceptance speech.
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“In the streets of Oakland and Berkeley, I got a children’s wine picture of people entering what the great John Lewis called ‘good trouble,'” Harris said as he described how her parents met during the march below. the Civil Rights movement, and then raising her daughters before they divorced when Harris was five years old.
Addressing the civil rights movement was a clear indication that the current Black Lives Matter movement will be a big part of its candidacy in running against current Vice President Mike Pence.
