Kamala Harris’s Pearl Necklace

Pearls have long been favored by women in politics. Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris wore pearls for her first public appearance with running mate Joe Biden, speaking at a podium at a high school gymnasium in Delaware. She favors pearls but for different reasons. She wore a single-strand pearl necklace and drop earrings in her 1986 graduation picture from Howard University, where she was part of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. AKA---the first Black Greek-letter sorority---has a legendary story in which they refer to their founding members and incorporators as the Twenty Pearls. Each new member is given a special badge decorated with 20 pearls upon initiation. It's not unusual for a sorority to have its own symbolic elements---Kappa Alpha Theta has the kite, Delta Gamma the anchor----but the pearl may be the most wearable of them all.

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https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/08/kamala-harris-pearl-necklace-symbolism-beyond-politics
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