HOUSTON — Vice President Kamala Harris made a campaign stop in Houston Wednesday where she's energized a key group of voters.
Harris is a graduate of Howard University and many students and alumni of other HBCUs are excited about her decision to run for president.
We spoke with students at Texas Southern University where senior Mikayla Wallace is president of the debate team.
"I think it's very inspirational for Black women who want to get into politics or who want to be public servants to see that you can be the top of the top," said Wallace. "I think it's super revolutionary."
When President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race and endorsing Harris, the debaters got to work.
"We are very politically informed and we have to know about those things when it comes to debate so we were already doing research," Wallace told us.
TSU graduate Kamau Marshall was just named a senior advisor to the Harris for President Campaign.
"The upcoming election is of utmost importance, and the progress made by the Biden-Harris administration must be protected," Marshall said in a statement to KHOU 11. "I am proud to be part of this team, fighting for a better tomorrow and future ahead."
"I woke up the other day and I thought,'Oh my God. My dear friend is going to be President of the United States,'" Houston attorney Melanie Miles told us.
She met the vice president at Howard University where they were students and sorority sisters.
"We have the opportunity to change the course of history and it's so important," Miles said.
Harris stopped at the Harris County Office of Emergency Management on Wednesday for an update on Hurricane Beryl recovery.
On Thursday, she will speak to the American Federation of Teachers at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston.
We will stream the vice president's speech on KHOU.com, YouTube and KHOU 11+.