'Could Have Been Our Own': Harris Nomination Hailed As Win For Representation

When she found out that former Vice President Joe Biden had selected Sen. Kamala Harris of California as his running mate, LaTosha Brown was in her bathroom trying on makeup.

Brown, a co-founder of Black Voters Matter, was one of the activists who exerted public pressure on Biden and his team to select a Black woman to join him on the ticket. Her phone rang, and a friend told her, "We won. We've got a Black VP."

At first, Brown said, she was calm. But then she sat down and cried, and said