2020

Kamala Harris became the first Black woman to be elected vice president of the United States —the second in line for presidential succession and the highest-ranking female official in US history. Her ascension demonstrated the growing political power of Black women in US history by pushing Biden to put her on the ticket and paving the way for Black women to ascend to groundbreaking positions at the highest levels of government, including the appointment of Lisa Cook to the Federal Reserve and Kentanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.