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  • Kamala Harris follows Kaw Nation’s Charles Curtis as the second person of color to become vice president

    01/21/2021 7:15:03 PM PST · by Rio · 20 replies
    Tribune Media Services ^ | 11/21/2021 | Tribune Media Services via OregonLive
    For all of Kamala Harris’ impressive firsts, she’s not the first person of color elected vice president of the United States. That was achieved by Charles Curtis, a Native American lawmaker and member of the Kaw Nation, who served under President Herbert Hoover some 90 years ago.
  • Charles Curtis was 1st VP of color and he was a Republican elected over 90 years ago

    06/18/2020 7:35:48 AM PDT · by rktman · 24 replies
    wnd.com ^ | 6/17/2020 | Ryan Foley
    It's impossible not to notice that the left has made a cottage industry out of trashing Republicans and conservatives as racists and "angry white guys" while elevating Democrats as the party of racial diversity. As the Washington Examiner pointed out, "Joe Biden's pledge to choose a woman as his running mate, and his consideration of several black female officeholders for the role, has spurred considerable chatter about diversity in the nation's second-highest office." Charles Curtis, a Republican, was the first individual "with acknowledged non-European ancestry" to become vice president, the outlet reported. Serving under Herbert Hoover from 1929 through 1933,...