The Vice President of the United States and Democratic candidate for the White House, Kamala Harris, has announced that she will spend election night on November 5 at Howard University in Washington. This institution is recognized as a historic center for African American students and was where Harris studied from 1982 to 1986, graduating in Political Science and Economics.
If Harris wins the presidential election, she would become the first woman and the first African American of Indian descent to reach the White House. The choice of Howard University for this event is highly symbolic, as it represents not only Harris's place of formation but also a fundamental institution for the African American community in the United States.
Howard University, founded in 1867, is one of the historically black institutions in the country and stands out for awarding the highest number of doctorates to African Americans in the United States. Harris has described her time at Howard as crucial to her personal and political development, where she discovered her passion for politics, participating in student activities such as the student council, the debate team, and the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
In Harris's words, "What Howard taught me is that you can do any combination of things, and not one thing excluding the other. You can be the prom queen and the best student in the class." With the electoral contest scheduled for November 5 between Kamala Harris and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, one of the closest elections in recent decades is expected, which could delay the declaration of the winner for several days.
