Senator To Atlanta Church: US Not As Split As ‘Forces Of Hate’ Suggest

California Sen. Kamala Harris spoke Sunday at Atlanta’s First Congregational Church, which was founded by former freed slaves.

Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press file

Making her first high-profile foray into the Southern black church, California Sen. Kamala Harris told a Georgia congregation founded by former freed slaves that the United States remains wracked by racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination that flout the nation’s core values.

Like us on Facebook

But the rising Democratic Party star added that Americans aren’t as split as “forces of hate and division” suggest.