Harris has been a member of the nation’s first Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., since she attended Howard University, where the sorority was founded.

The Harris campaign will be spending election night at her alma mater, Howard University. News4’s Joseph Olmo spoke to students about the news that the Vice President will be in their backyard.

UPDATE (Nov. 6, 2024, 2:25 a.m.): D.C. police have lifted the road closures in the 2000-2900 blocks of Georgia Avenue NW in both directions following Kamala Harris' election night watch party on ...

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris’ supporters finally heard from the vice president on Wednesday afternoon. But her address at Howard University was far from the speech they wanted, and many listened ...

Harris had returned to campus multiple times, including as the commencement speaker in 2017. She also announced in 2019 that she was running for president at Howard, a place she has called “home.” ...

Harris’s lack of an appearance at her own campaign party was reminiscent of the 2016 election in which then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton opted to not speak at her victory party in New York ...

TOPSHOT - People react as US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images Harris continued, "Do not despair.

Vice President Harris will spend election night at her alma mater, Howard University, the historically Black college in Washington that she has said had a big impact on her identity and her desire ...