‘We Are Not Playing Around’: Harris Electrifies Room at Historically Black Sorority’s Conference

Applause thundered down the massive convention hall as Vice President Kamala Harris walked to the microphone in Indianapolis on Wednesday. When Harris had agreed to speak to the national conference for Zeta Phi Beta sorority, she didn’t know it would be days after she became the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president. For the 6,000 Black sorority sisters in the room, the thrill of greeting one of their own at this historic moment was palpable.