Students from four Atlanta HBCUs gathered inside Morehouse’s Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel this week to welcome Vice President Kamala Harris.
Harris visited the Atlanta University Center in the latest stop of her “Fight For Our Freedoms College Tour.” She is traveling to over a dozen schools across at least seven states, bringing thousands of students together around “the fight for reproductive freedom, common sense gun safety laws, climate action, voting rights, LGBTQ+ equality, and teaching America’s full history.”
In the hours prior to Harris’ arrival, the crowd filled the Chapel with pride. A DJ and The House of Funk — Morehouse’s marching band — laid the soundtrack for an organic jubilee that punctuated remarks from student leaders, local leaders, and performances from a handful of Black fraternities and sororities.
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