Former Vice President Kamala Harris to Be Honored by NAACP With Its Chairman’s Award

Former Vice President Kamala Harris to Be Honored by NAACP With Its Chairman’s Award
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., appears on stage at the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File
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NEW YORK—Former Vice President Kamala Harris is to receive the NAACP ’s Chairman’s Award during the civil rights organization’s Image Awards ceremony this weekend.

Harris, defeated by Donald Trump in last year’s presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state’s attorney general.