Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris is a historic candidate- the first South Asian and ​first African American woman on a major party ticket. 

She credits her time in college with setting the stage for her future success.  She attended Howard University in Washington D.C. It’s part of a national network of about 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities ​- HBCUs. 

There she was a member of the predominantly African American Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

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