Kamala Harris makes history as 1st Black woman nominated to be president, now America must do the right thing

Kamala Harris set out on a mission to define herself on the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention. With the world watching, Harris presented her case on why she should serve as the next President of the United States of America.& Harris took a moment to share her story beginning with her mother, Shyamala Harris, a woman who traveled to America from South Asia, and father, Donald Harris, a student from Jamaica.& She spoke about her early life, growing up in the Bay Area, raised primarily by her mother, and seeing herself as a protector of her younger sister, Maya, and her friends. When she discovered that one of her friends was being abused by her step father, Harris stepped up. “I immediately told her she had to come stay with us,” Harris said during her speech. “And she did. That is one of the reasons I became a prosecutor.” The role of protector would play a part in Harris’ early career as a prosecutor and, eventually, attorney general.& Beyond giving background on her political rise, Harris laid out why she should be America’s next president, drawing a clear line between herself and the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.&...