Michelle Obama on Harris: "She understands that most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward… we will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth."

Michelle Obama on Trump to roars from the audience: “Who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those “Black jobs”?” #DNC24

Former First Lady Michelle Obama reminded an electrified audience that  only 11 weeks remain until Election Day.   “We cannot afford for anyone to sit on their hands and wait to be called upon … we need to overwhelm any effort to suppress us.” #DNC24

Former President Barack Obama in opening remarks: “I don’t know about you but I’m feeling fired up.” #DNC24

Former President Barack Obama notes that while there's been "incredible energy" over the past few weeks, "this will still be a tight race in a closely divided country – a country where too many Americans are still struggling, and don’t believe government can help." #DNC24

“He often said a voteless people is a powerless people … one of the most important steps we can take is that step to the ballot box,” Martin Luther King III said, referencing his father Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, at a joint unity presser of Black and Latino leaders. #DNC24

At #DNC24 presser, Reverend Al Sharpton Sharpton notes: “We should not take for granted what we are witnessing this week … people shed blood and died so there would be a possibility” that VP Kamala Harris could become the first Black and South Asian woman to become the Democratic nominee.

NEW via Trevor Hunnicutt: The daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, both immigrants, Kamala Harris reflects the United States' changing demographics. Some 42M Americans now identify as multiracial, or 13% of the country's population. reuters.com/world/us/kamal…

Senator Elizabeth Warren opened her DNC remarks about VP Kamala Harris by borrowing Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm's famous, "Unbought and Unbossed," campaign slogan from 1972. "Harris can't be bought and she can't be bossed around," Warren said. #DNC24

Democratic nominee Kamala Harris said she grew up immersed in the ideas borne of the civil rights movement, learning from titans like Thurgood Marshall. "They made sure we learned about ... those who battled in the courtroom to make real the promise of America." #DNC24

It was only a matter of time.

Such a good and important story from my mentee kenya ✨ ⬇️⬇️

BREAKING: Kamala Harris will propose expanding small biz tax deduction to $50,000 from $5,000 in New Hampshire on Wednesday. She will also announce a first-term goal of 25 million small business applications, up from 19 million under Joe Biden.

Reuters Fact Check: No evidence of Haitian immigrants stealing and eating pets in Ohio #Debate2024 reuters.com/fact-check/no-…

Frankie Beverly had — and will continue to have — an undeniable and generational impact on Black culture. I think we’ll all sing a little louder and dance a bit harder at the next family reunion and summer cookout. washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

Some Haitian families are keeping their children home for their safety, and one woman says she had her car vandalized, in the wake of the GOP’s repeated racist anti-Haitian rhetoric haitiantimes.com/2024/09/11/hai…

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