The black community in America scores another milestone in historical books after Presidential hopeful and Democratic Party nominee, Joe Biden chose Senator Kamala Harris to be his running mate ahead of upcoming United States presidential elections.
The California Democrat was born in Oakland, California, to two immigrant parents: an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father.
Joe Biden said that he had “the great honor” to name Ms. Harris as his Vice President and went on to describe her as “a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants”.
He noted how she had worked closely with his late son, Beau, when she was California’s attorney general.
“I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse,” he tweeted.
“I was proud then, and I’m proud now to have her as my partner in this campaign.”
The campaign announced that Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris will deliver remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday afternoon on “working together to restore the soul of the nation and fight for working families to move the country forward”.
Taking to Twitter, Kamala’s sister, Maya Harris shared a photo of a toddler Kamala Harris tweeting, “That day when a little girl from Oaktown became the first black woman to be a major-party vice-presidential nominee…” adding, “So incredibly proud of you, sis!”
Joe Biden will face President Donald Trump on November 3, 2020.
About Kamala Harris
“My mother understood very well that she was raising two black daughters,” Ms. Harris who was primarily was raised by her Hindu single mother, a cancer researcher and civil rights activist after she divorced her father wrote in her autobiography The Truths We Hold.
“She knew that her adopted homeland would see Maya and me as black girls and she was determined to make sure we would grow into confident, proud black women.”
Ms. Harris went on record saying that her mother adopted Oakland’s African-American culture, immersing her two daughters – Kamala and her younger sister Maya – within it.
