“Black America Votes: HBCU Students Interview Sen. Kamala Harris” Premieres Today

On the heels of the first-ever National Black Voter Day launched by BET’s nonpartisan #ReclaimYourVote campaign, BET Digital will stream an exclusive conversation with Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee with students and youth activists from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Hosted by Emmy-nominated actor, producer, and media personality Terrence J, the virtual dialog “Black America Votes: HBCU Students Interview Sen. Kamala Harris” will feature political discourse between Sen. Harris and a cohort of student leaders including a student body president, editor-in-chief of a student newspaper, and a president of young Democrats; representing the often unheard millennial voice for many first-time voters in the most significant election in a generation.

The BET Digital news special streams today on National Voter Registration Day, across BET’s digital platforms: BET.com, BET’s Facebook pages including BET, BET News and BET Her. Clips from the special will also be shared to BET’s Twitter accounts. View the video below, or via: www.bet.com/video/news/politics/2020/kamala-harris-interview-hbcu-students-2020-election-video.html.

The news special will address issues that are front and center on these students’ respective campuses. The panelists will consist of various HBCU students across critical states that are vital to the November election, including Sen. Harris’s alma mater Howard University (Washington, DC), Spelman College (Atlanta, GA), North Carolina A&T University (Greensboro, NC), Hampton University (Hampton, Virginia), and Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, Alabama).