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3 days ago · Kamala Harris earned a B.A. in political science and economics from Howard University in 1986 and a law degree from Hastings College in 1989. Kamala Harris (born October 20, 1964, Oakland , California, U.S.) is the 49th vice president of the United States (2021– ) in the Democratic administration of Pres. Joe Biden .
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Kamala Harris took office on January 20, 2021, as vice...
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Kamala Harris's Jamaican American father, Donald J. Harris, is of Afro-Jamaican and Irish-Jamaican ancestry. He is a Stanford University professor of economics (emeritus) who arrived in the United States from British Jamaica in 1961, for graduate study at UC Berkeley, receiving a PhD in economics in 1966.
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Born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California, Harris is the daughter of immigrants. Her father was born in Jamaica and her mother was born in India. After her parents divorced, Harris and her younger sister Maya were raised by their mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, a single parent.
Mar 20, 2024 · Education. Harris attended Westmount High School in Quebec, where she founded a dance troupe with a friend. Returning to the States to enter Howard University in Washington, D.C., she was...
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Aug 11, 2020 · 1. Kamala Devi Harris was born in Oakland, California on October 20, 1964, the eldest of two children born to Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer researcher from India, and Donald Harris, an...
May 15, 2023 · Updated on May 15, 2023. Learn more about our editorial process. Vice President Kamala Harris attended Howard University, an HBCU, as an undergraduate student. She later attended the University of California, Hastings College of Law where she earned her JD degree.
Jan 18, 2021 · Early Life and Education. Kamala Devi Harris was raised in San Francisco's East Bay, where she attended public schools, worshiped at Black churches, and lived in predominantly Black communities. She was also immersed in Indian culture. Her mother took Harris to Hindu temples to worship.
