Harris honours Black women, introduces Biden

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to Black women who “so often prove they are the backbone of our democracy”.Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, is the first woman to be elected to the vice presidency.

Harris noted her ascension to the role came 100 years after the 19th Amendment was ratified and 55 years after the signing of the Voting Rights Act, which expanded who could participate in American democracy.

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