The Truths We Hold

Buchzusammenfassung

Kamala Harris is the vice president of the United States. A former US senator from California, she began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office before being elected District Attorney of San Francisco. As a politician, she has led campaigns to raise the minimum wage, cut the cost of higher education and protect the rights of immigrants.

After completing high school, Kamala Harris returned to the U.S. to study economics and politics at Howard University, a historically Black institution she had heard about from family members. Founded after the Civil War to provide education for Black students denied opportunities elsewhere, Howard had endured segregation to become a symbol of resilience. Harris began her studies in 1982, immediately struck by the diversity of her peers, who shared her racial identity but came from varied backgrounds. At Howard, she embraced leadership roles, engaged in debates, joined the anti-apartheid movement, and interned at the Federal Trade Commission. Despite family skepticism about her decision to pursue prosecution, Harris believed in the law as a tool for justice, inspired by prosecutors who had challenged systemic inequities. Encouraged by her mother’s advice to remain true to herself, she committed to fairness and integrity in her future career.

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