2009. Conducted by Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture. The American Folk Life Center at the library of congress and the Southern Oral History Program at the university of North Carolina chapel hill. My parents were walter b. Ghaiaither and fannie b. Little gaither. Gray fall was my fathers home. My mother, fannie mae, was originally from anderson, South Carolina. And my mom and dad met while they were students at Friendship Junior College in rock hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship, they of course moved permanent ly to great falls. And initially, they were both school teachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching. Because he discovered that what was listen on his contract as his per month payment for teaching was not the same as he was receiving. And this was at a time when the board of education were all composed of white men. So at the end of the yea
Tore the city apart as a new report reveals the government was warned of the dangers only last month. Russia says its approved the worlds 1st Coronavirus Vaccine but there is concern over how quickly its been developed. Positioning just about on a taken off sky it takes refuge in lithuania as the government is accused of disproportionately violence against protesters. And with all the support 3 though it was makes the winning return to action in her. Core brands following her to cry on a virus that shut down. The mall hours has made history in the u. S. Becoming the 1st black woman and Asian American on a major president ial ticket a california senator has been chosen as democratic candidate joe bidens running mate in the race for the white house and if donald trump is voted out in November Harris will become the 1st woman of color to occupy the vice presidency the senate is a fierce advocate for Police Reform and social justice analysts say her selection is a sign of the vital role bl
Picked for the Vice President ial nomination and the first woman of color. The announcement came in a text and then a tweet. Xhar Kamala Harris known by so many locally as the daughter of oakland has officially been tapped as Vice President bidens running mate. She is the first black female and the first Indian American on a president ial ticket. This news was overwhelming to the cocalifornia state director of south asians for biden in the bay area. For those of us who worked on her campaign, as a woman of chore, as an Indian American, i cant tell you what this feels like. Im happy. Reporter senator harris was among several women biden was considering for the vp position including Elizabeth Warren and karen bass. In a tweet biden explained why he picked harris saying she worked closely with his late son beau when she was attorney general of california. I watch as they took the big banks, lifted up working people and protected women and kids from abuse. I was proud then and im proud now
His one time 2020 rival is the first black woman in the first person of indian descent to be nominated for a National Office. Yes we should celebrate. It is an achievement. The symbolism is powerful. She said she is honored to join biden. They cited the energy she would ring to the campaign and her appeal to suburban women and black voters. Africanamerican women are particularly important to the success. To the degree that she is enthusiastic about the ticket. Enthusiastic about the future. Reporter they clashed in the primaries but she became a strong supporter of the former Vice President after she dropped out. She faces criticism, especially from progressives critical of her prosecutorial record as state attorney general. , africanamerican enthusiasm, and i can assure you that African American men, are not going to be enthused about Kamala Harris. She called for Police Reform on capitol hill. The jon kempin was quick to criticize her. The present calling him the number one pick. The
Can you get more done out of elected office . That is a great question. I think it is all of the above. I have been able to be effective as a black republican in a latino district. I have had about 16 pieces of legislation signed into law. Easy. Not our system was designed not to be easy. I am proud of my legislative success. Im proud i have decided to be someone who is known as one who wants to solve problems and i will work with anyone in order to do that. I would tell young folks, get involved. This should be something you aspire to. I want to tell my peers that we should model the behavior we want when young people get into office. I want kids to feel like, i want to be a Police Officer a fireman , an astronaut, but i also want to be a member of congress. Right now, our job approval as congress as a whole is not very good. We should be thinking about this as we move forward. The other piece of advice i would give young folks is go out and have a career before you get into politics.