Kamala Harris and the political power of Black sororities

Harris is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the country's oldest Black sorority and one of the Divine Nine, which boasts four million members

On 10 July, less than two weeks before Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, Kamala Harris attended a boule: the annual or biannual gathering of all of the members of a sorority. But this wasn't just any sorority, it was Alpha Kappa Alpha, the historic Black sorority Harris joined in college, and one of the Divine Nine - also known as the Pan-Hellenic Council - the most powerful Black sororities in America.

To my line sisters, the 38 Jewels of Iridescent Splendor: Oh, you are such an incredible part of my journey," she said.