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In today's episode, we'll get to know Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris, find out ways we can all support

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This year's presidential election made history before anyone even cast a vote when Democratic nominee, Joe Biden,

picked Senator Kamala Harris as is running me.

My fellow Americans, now let me introduce to you for the first time your next vice president

of the United States, Kamala Harris, making her the first woman of color to be nominated for

vice president.

That I am here tonight is a testament to the dedication of generations before me.

Women and men who believe so fiercely in the promise of equality, liberty, and justice for all.

Our correspondent Pamela Kirkland has more about the women behind this important milestone.

Kamala Devi Harris was born in Oakland, California, just outside San Francisco.

Her dad is a Jamaican-American economist.

She and her younger sister Maya were raised by her mother,

who moved to the U.S. from India to be a cancer researcher. Even as a kid, Kamala was making history.

When she was in the first grade, the town where she lived had voted to desegregate schools.

Back in the 1960s and earlier, black kids and white kids went to school in different parts of town. This was during segregation in a time known as the Jim Crow era,

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