Kamala Harris Photos: Rare Pictures From Her Childhood

An outpouring of high praise, heady emotion and a sense of collective pride among people of colour is surging across internet chatter and media coverage soon after Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced Indian American Kamala Harris as his choice of running mate to take on Donald Trump in the 2020 US election this November. In this photo, Joe Biden is seen shaking hands with Kamala Harris. (Image: AP)

Harris highlights the quintessential American immigrant story as the daughter of Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer researcher from India, and Donald Harris, an African Jamaican economics professor.

We take you through some personal photographs of Kamala Harris, the nominee for vice president in the 2020 US election this November. (Image: AP)

Check out this adorable childhood photo of  Kamala Harris. She is seen with her mother Shyamala Gopalan Harris in his photo. (Kamala Harris campaign via AP)

Kamala with his father Donald Harris. (Kamala Harris campaign via AP)

Kamala Harris with her great grandmother Iris Finegan in Jamaica. (Kamala Harris campaign via AP)

Kamala Harris with her sister, Maya during the Christmas celebrations at home. (Kamala Harris campaign via AP)

Kamala Harris enjoying a stroll with her sister, Maya and mother, Shyamala, outside in Berkeley, California. (Kamala Harris campaign via AP)

Kamala Harris enjoying ice cream during a family visit to the Harlem neighbourhood of New York. (Kamala Harris campaign via AP)

Kamala Harris as a teenager. (Kamala Harris campaign via AP)

Kamala Harris with Gwen Whitfield at an anti-apartheid protest during her freshman year at Howard University in Washington. (Kamala Harris campaign via AP)

Kamala Harris poses with her mother, Shyamala, at a Chinese New Year parade. (Kamala Harris campaign via AP)

Senator Kamala Harris meets people before a Corinthian Baptist Church service in Des Moines, Iowa. (Image: AP)