What better way to celebrate MLK Day than with a fresh dose of Black Girl Magic?!? Kamala Harris is serving it up in a real way by announcing she will indeed be entering the 2020 presidential race.
Kamala Harris is a first-term senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Vowing to “bring our voices together,” Harris would be the first woman to hold the presidency and the second African-American if she succeeds.
Harris, who grew up in Oakland, California, and is a daughter of parents from Jamaica and India, made her long-anticipated announcement on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
“I am running for president of the United States,” she said. “And I’m very excited about it.”
Harris launched her presidential bid as the nation observes what would have been the 90th birthday of the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The timing was a clear signal that