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Kamala Harris is now the first woman of color as a black woman of South Asian descent

to become a major party's presidential nominee.

That history was made last night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Speaking to an energetic crowd, Harris formally accepted her party's nomination and made her case for why she should be the next president of the

United States. Lisa de Jardin has our report. Please welcome the Democratic

nominee for president, vice president of the United States of America,

Kamala Harris. The opening applause lasted more than three minutes as

Vice President Kamala Harris walked on stage and made history.

On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth. I accept your nomination to be President of the

United States. It was the grand finale of a convention

that defied expectations after a seismic swap

in the campaign just last month.

Our nation with this election has a precious fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past a chance to chart a new way forward.

Harris urged Americans to embark on a new political path,

stressing her upbringing in a middle-class immigrant family.

My mother was a brilliant five foot tall brown woman

with an accent.

Harris's mother who died in 2009 moved from India as a 19 year old.

She taught us to never complain about injustice, but do something about it.

That upbringing, Harris said, drew her to public service.

My entire career, I've only had one client, the people. To the personal history she added some

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