How 44,000 Black Women Galvanized Support for Kamala Harris on Sunday Night
The group raised more than $1.5 million in just three hours
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday.
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Some of America’s most prominent Black women across politics, business and entertainment joined thousands of their peers on a Sunday night Zoom call to galvanize support for Vice President Kamala Harris, raising $1.5 million in just three hours.
Some 44,000 Black women, including Representative Maxine Waters of California, one of the most senior Black women in Congress, and other lawmakers including Joyce Beatty and Jasmine Crockett, talked of rallying behind Harris for the US presidential election against Donald Trump this November.