![]() ![]() On that day, she probably could have never imagined that I would be standing before you now and speaking these words: I accept your nomination for vice president of the United States of America.” It was her mother who instilled in her a passion for public service, Harris said, adding that she “taught me that service to others gives life purpose and meaning.” Wishing that her mom was with her during the historic moment, Harris said: “I keep thinking about that 25-year-old Indian woman, all of five feet tall, who gave birth to me. from India for higher studies, and how she met her husband, Donald Harris, an immigrant from Jamaica, Harris said her parents fell in love “in that most American way - while marching together for justice in the civil rights movement of the 1960s.” Speaking about how Shyamala Gopalan came to the U.S. And that’s my mother - Shyamala Gopalan Harris.” “Another woman whose shoulders I stand on. “There’s another woman, whose name isn’t known, whose story isn’t shared,” Harris said. But most of all, she paid tribute to one woman. Harris spoke of her vision of America, her biracial immigrant roots, and paid respects to the women who fought for equal and civil rights before her. Dressed in a Merlot suit and a silk camisole, Harris appeared calm and composed as she delivered her acceptance speech from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Kamala Devi Harris made history by becoming the first African American and first Indian American woman to accept her party’s nomination to be its vice presidential candidate at the Democratic National Convention on Aug.
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