Kamala Harris, an AKA and HBCU grad, connects with Black community

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Sen. Kamala Harris is running for president in 2020.

USA TODAY

Charity Dean was elated and overjoyed when she found out Kamala Harris would be the 2020 Democratic vice presidential candidate, not only for the history that’s being made, but for the sense of sisterhood that she felt.

“It’s amazing … I’m a Black woman and a lawyer and she is too, so I see myself in her,” said Dean, 36, the director of civil rights, inclusion and opportunity for the city of…