US vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, says Americans stand on the shoulders of many civil rights and political leaders. Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris began her speech Wednesday night saying that her presence -- as the first Black woman and first person of Indian descent nominated for a major political party's ticket -- is "a testament to the dedication of generations before me," CNN reports. Harris noted that women had earned the right to vote 100 years ago -- but that Black women faced a longer battle for voting rights. These women and the generations that followed worked to make democracy and opportunity real in the lives of all of us who followed," she said. She named several female civil rights and political leaders -- "Mary Church Terrell and Mary Mcleod Bethune.

Source: The Standard August 20, 2020 03:11 UTC