From the Magazine: That time Kamala Harris helped take over a Howard University building
By David Montgomery David Montgomery Reporter covering general features, profiles and arts stories Email Bio Follow April 30 at 9:00 AM Protesting injustice by taking over the administration building of Howard University — the oft-besieged"A" building — has been a rite of passage for generations of politically conscious students at the nation's preeminent historically black academic institution.
As Harris campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination, the senator from California has said she is who she is “for two reasons: because of my mother and the family I was raised in and Howard University.” If her family gave her the confidence to stand up for her beliefs, it seems clear that Howard reinforced her political passion and instilled a sense of responsibility to exercise it.
The sit-in ended peacefully Friday afternoon. McKnight was reinstated; Cheek did not resign — and it’s unclear how much really changed on campus because of the sit-in. But for Harris, it belonged to that aspect of a Howard education that lodges deeper inside than majoring in economics and passing free time in the main quad known as the Yard. It was being part of something conceived of, led and carried out by a cadre of young African Americans who felt unstoppable.
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