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What Kamala Harris’s Loss Means To Black Women

By Erica L. Green, Claire Hogan, Christina Shaman, Nikolay Nikolov and James SurdamNovember 7, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris ran a 107-day campaign under extraordinarily rare circumstances after President Biden dropped out of the race. But burdened by the legacy of her incumbency and the history of a nation that has been reluctant to elect a woman of color, Ms. Harris lost ground among most major groups of voters. Erica L. Green, a New York Times White House correspondent, explains what her emotional and defiant concession speech means to Black women in the country.

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