CHICAGO (WLS) Kamala Harris became not only the first Black woman to be vice president but also the first Indian American. If you dream about something here and if you work for it, you can achieve your dream, and that s what happened with Kamala Harris., and it s such a proud moment, sad Usha Kamaria, Indian immigrant.
Usha is a longtime leader in Chicago s Indian community.
Like Vice President Harris mother, Kamaria and her husband came to America from India to provide a better life and more opportunities for their children. This is probably the only place where you can pretty start from wherever and end up wherever you want just based on hard work, said Raj Kamaria, first-generation Indian American.
I feel it s a change for people of color for women, said one Wake County mom. That this land, regardless of skin color, was made for you and me. It s crazy! It totally is. The HBCU community is so small, but also having a big impact in this world, said Shaw first-year student Robert Sheppard. So being inside her shoes, well, where she used to be, is awesome.
The newly-minted vice-president didn t attend Shaw but when she made a campaign swing through the Triangle last fall she made sure to put Shaw University on the itinerary. She talked to ABC11 during the visit as she stumped for votes.
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Kamala Harris and Joe Biden will attend their inauguration ceremony to be sworn in as the 46th US presidential duo. Donald Trump the incumbent Republican leader has now left the White House for the last time, boarding Marine One to make his way back to his Florida home and making way for the incoming President and his Vice President.
Updated Jan 11, 2021 | 11:13 IST
Kamala Harris is all set to become the first-ever woman of colour to become the Vice-President of the USA. Kamala Harris graces the cover of Vogue Magazine. | Photo Credit: Twitter
The United States of America is all set to welcome a new President and Vice President. With Joe Biden becoming the former, the country will see a woman of colour taking the Vice President position for the very first time.
Ahead of the swearing-in, Vogue Magazine had Harris on its cover. Donning her usual suit and Converse shoes, she was seen posing for the cameras and showing her signature smile for the world to see.