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Takeaways from Harris' NABJ interrogation
Washington — More than 50 erstwhile shot players and coaches, including respective Pro Football Hall of Famers and Super Bowl MVP's, announced their endorsement Friday of Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz successful the 2024 U.S. statesmanlike election. The radical represents 25 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU's) and consists of 10 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, 2 Super Bowl champions and MVPs, erstwhile No. 1 wide picks and immoderate of the archetypal Black athletes and coaches to interruption the colour barrier.
"Given [Vice President Harris'] integrity, values and demonstrated committedness to justness and equality of opportunity, we are assured that arsenic President she volition service the champion interests of each Americans," the athletes and coaches said successful a missive exclusively obtained by CBS News.
The missive is signed by Art Shell, the NFL's archetypal Black coach, Leslie Frasier, erstwhile Minnesota Vikings coach, James "Shack" Harris, the NFL's archetypal Black full-time starting quarterback, Greg Coleman, the NFL's archetypal Black punter, and erstwhile Super Bowl MVP and Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Richard Dent, who antecedently played for Tennessee State University.
They articulation a database of athletes supporting the Harris-Walz Democratic ticket, including NBA all-star Steph Curry and Hall of Famer Magic Johnson.
The announcement is being rolled retired connected National Black Voter Day, an inaugural aimed astatine getting Black Americans registered to ballot by November. The inaugural is led by Black Entertainment Television, a part of Paramount, which partnered with 40 civic organizations including the NAACP and National Urban League.
It besides follows Harris' quality this week earlier the National Association of Black Journalists successful Philadelphia, wherever she was asked astir her lasting among Black men. A caller canvass conducted by the NAACP found roughly a 4th of young African American men nether 50 support erstwhile President Donald Trump, portion astir fractional backmost Harris.
"I deliberation it's precise important to not run from the presumption that Black men are successful anybody's pocket," Harris said during the NABJ interview. "I'm moving to gain the vote, not assuming I'm going to person it due to the fact that I americium Black."
Harris is an alumna of Howard University and would go the archetypal HBCU postgraduate to service arsenic President if she is elected. The Harris run has touted her HBCU ties, citing the Biden-Harris administration's grounds investments successful historically Black colleges and universities and different minority-serving institutions.
"As a arrogant postgraduate of Howard University, I cognize firsthand that our HBCUs are centers of world excellence," Harris said successful a White House connection successful May. "For generations, these anchors of our communities person played a pivotal relation successful gathering and contributing to America's enactment astatine location and abroad."
The Howard grad hasn't been shy astir showcasing her sports enthusiasm, particularly for her alma mater. In December, Harris attended the Celebration Bowl successful Atlanta, featuring Howard and Florida A&M University. She besides cheered connected her chap Howard Bisons successful Des Moines erstwhile they made the archetypal circular of the NCAA tourney past year.
Nikole Killion is simply a CBS News legislature analogous based successful Washington D.C. As a correspondent, Killion played a cardinal relation successful the Network's 2020 governmental and predetermination coverage, reporting from astir the state during the last agelong of the run and passim the Biden transition.
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