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With HBCUs Behind Her, A Black Woman Ascends To The Vice Presidency - The Bay State Banner

The American political landscape, once dominated by former President Donald J. Trump, is about to tack in a new direction helmed by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Vice President Kamala D. Harris. When Harris is sworn in Wednesday, she becomes the United States’ first female, first African American and first Asian American to assume, […]

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