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- History in Chicago. Last night, Kamala Harris became the first woman of color to accept a major party's nomination for U.S. president. On the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the vice president shared her life story and made her case to thousands of Democrats on-site and millions more voters watching at home.
The convention was historic, eight years after Democrats first chose a woman as their party's nominee. Only a month into her campaign—a "no doubt unexpected" path, Harris acknowledged—the event gave Harris the chance to promote her record to Americans.
