Four hours, 44,000 Black women, and one Zoom call
With Kamala Harris on their minds, a record number of Black women organizers joined a Win With Black Women call to focus on a new future for the mobilization long led by their community.
By Errin Haines and Jennifer Gerson, The 19th
Originally published by The 19th
It was Sunday at 5:24 p.m. when Rep. Joyce Beatty predicted history on national television.
Discussing the news that President Joe Biden was ending his campaign and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the 2024 Democratic nominee for president, the Ohio Democrat dropped a casual mention on MSNBC that there would be a call later.
“As a Black woman, I’m going to join later tonight with so many Black women,” Beatty said. “It will probably be some 20,000 or 30,000 women trying to get on this call because it’s personal for us and we stand with Vice President Harris.”
The host was incredulous. “Twenty or 30,000 you think will be on that phone call?”