By @tinocochinoradio, @theeserinaperez
Jan 21, 2021
Today was a historic day not only because President Joe Biden was named the 46th President of The United States, but because Kamala Harris is the FIRST woman Vice President and the FIRST of Black and Indian decent.
And she chose her outfit to make a statement, wearing a custom designed outfit from a Black-American designer by the name of Christopher John Rodgers.
The royal purple color chosen to be worn was to represent Shirley Chisholm.
CNN s Abby Phillip pointed out during Inauguration Day coverage Wednesday that Harris used purple and yellow as colors to launch her presidential campaign a nod to Shirley Chisholm, who became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm would later run for president in 1972. Phillip noted that Chisholm s boundary-breaking trajectory in politics inspired Harris career.
Vanessa Friedman and Jennifer Steinhauer, The New York Times
Published: 21 Jan 2021 10:52 AM BdST
Updated: 21 Jan 2021 10:52 AM BdST Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff arrive for her inauguration to become Vice President of the United States of America, at the Capitol in Washington Jan 20, 2021. The theme of the Biden inauguration was “America United,” and the colour of the day seemed to be purple the shade that bridges the divide by bringing both colours together (not to mention one of the original signature colours of the suffragists, whose dreams are now being realised with the first woman vice president). (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)