2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris speaks during a town hall meeting at the University of Iowa, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Iowa City, Iowa.

The Meaning of Kamala Harris to Indian-Americans

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 13, 2020

Manisha Sinha, professor of American History at the University of Connecticut, focusing on the history of slavery and abolition and the Civil War and Reconstruction, talks about why Joe Biden's selection of Senator Kamala Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, to be his choice for VP is so meaningful to her and other Indian-Americans.

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