VP Harris celebrates HBCU culture, buys Black during Atlanta trip

TheGrio traveled with the vice president, who attended the HBCU Celebration Bowl in a crucial swing state that’s home to key voters needed to win reelection in 2024.

With less than a year until Election Day 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia, a key swing state for the Biden-Harris campaign’s coalition of voters, to celebrate HBCU and Black culture and even supported a popular Atlanta Black-owned business while there. 

TheGrio traveled with America’s first Black and first woman vice president during her day trip to Atlanta to watch her alma mater, Howard University, compete against Florida A&M University for the annual Cricket Celebration Bowl football contest.

Proudly sporting a Howard T-shirt underneath a black leather blazer, paired with dark blue jeans, Harris traveled with her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, sister Maya Harris and brother-in-law Tony West.

Despite the White House facing critical national and international challenges, including the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that Harris is


Gerren Keith Gaynor

Gerren Keith Gaynor is a White House Correspondent and the Managing Editor of Politics at theGrio. He is based in Washington, D.C.

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