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Aug 14, 2020 · The daughter of two immigrants — her father came from Jamaica, her mother from India — Harris grew up in a Black middle-class neighborhood in Berkeley, where her parents would often join...
May 2, 2024 · They welcomed two daughters. Kamala Harris with mom Shyamala Gopalan Harris and sister Maya Harris. Donald and Shyamala welcomed their first child, Kamala, on Oct. 20, 1964, in Oakland, California ...
Jan 20, 2021 · Kamala Harris’s father, Donald Harris, was from Jamaica, and her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was from southern India. As Harris recounted in her autobiography, they met as students while...
- Her Parents Were Civil Rights Activists
- She Is Close to Her relatives in India
- Her Sister Is A Close Political Advisor
- Her Husband Is An Attorney and She Is A Step-Mother
Harris grew up in a household with a Jamaican father and Indian mother. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, emigrated from India in 1960 to attend the University of California, Berkeley and pursue a doctorate in endocrinology. Her father, Donald Harris, emigrated from Jamaica in 1961 to also attend Berkeley. Both of her parents were actively involved in ...
Harris' mother often took her to India to visit their family there. "When I was a young girl visiting my grandparents in India, I'd join my grandfather and his buddies on their morning walk along the beach as they would talk about the importance of fighting for democracy and civil rights," she wrote on Instagram. "I come from a family of fighters,"...
Maya Harris, Kamala's younger sister, is "incredibly proud" of her sister's achievements. The 53-year-old has been at Harris' side throughout her political journey. She was the campaign chairwoman for Harris's presidential bid and the two are very close. "I think most people who know Maya will tell you she's one of the smartest people they know," K...
Harris met Douglas Emhoff on a blind date set up by one of her friends, and they got married in 2014 at the Santa Barbara Courthouse. The 56-year-old Emhoff is an entertainment lawyer and worked as a partner at the DLA Piper law firm representing clients in "complex business, real estate and intellectual property litigation disputes," according to ...
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Aug 12, 2020 · The photo, which has been paired with a variety of false captions, is being used to question Harris’s race. The misleading posts have been circulating since Harris, a Black Democratic senator representing California, announced a bid for the presidency in 2019. Her father, Donald Harris, is Jamaican. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was Indian ...
Aug 20, 2020 · Kamala Harris with her mother, Shyamala, at a Chinese New Year parade in 2007. Kamala Harris campaign via AP. “My mother, who raised me and my sister, was a proud woman,” Harris said while on ...
Nov 7, 2020 · George Nikitin/Associated Press. Yet what also distinguished her was her personal biography: The daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, she was steeped in racial justice issues from...
