For the Texas portion of the DNC roll call, Eva Longoria introduces the former head of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards. Richards is also the daughter of the late, legendary Governor of Texas, Ann Richards.
Richards introduces Kate Cox, a Texas woman who had to flee the state to receive abortion care.
Cox shares that she is happily pregnant now and that her baby is due in January.
I think it’s so interesting how people who didn’t go to HBCUs don’t recognize how much that is a DEEPLY Black-American experience. Even if you are Caribbean or African descent, you’re fully immersed in Black-American culture for those 4 years… so yes, Kamala is a black woman.
Congrats to the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team for winning gold and to the GOAT @Simone_Biles for becoming the most decorated American gymnast in history!
As a Howard grad, I knew about our alum #KamalaHarris. I remember at one alumni club meeting talking about how her star was on the rise.
I also used to watch State of the Black Union every year on C-SPAN, and I became a fan forever when I saw this in 2006:
Kamala Harris spent New Year's Eve at Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2007.
She was one of his earliest supporters, and now today, former President Barack Obama just endorsed Kamala Harris.