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On Nov. 7, 2020, many articles were published celebrating the multiple glass ceilings that were broken by Kamala Harris as she became the Vice President-elect of the United States. CNN, for example, wrote of this occurrence that: While it is certainly true that Harris is the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States, and while it is certainly true that she is the first woman of color in that position, some social media users appeared to be under the impression that she was also the first person of color to serve as vice president. One viral image, for example, showed Harris standing next to to a series of photographs of the politicians who had held the office of vice president, and on first glance it certainly appeared as if this position had been held exclusively by white men: Other than Harris, this graphic shows one person of color. Charles Curtis (fifth row, fourth column) was part Native American and served as vice president under Herbert Hoover in 1929. The Senate Historical Office writes in its biography of Curtis that he was the first American of Indian ancestry to reach high office: Here's Curtis' official White House portrait from 1931 (left) and an image of Curtis receiving a peace pipe from Chief Red Tomahawk (right): While Harris will be the first woman, the first African-American, the first Asian-American, and the first woman person of color to serve as vice president, Charles Curtis was the first person of color to hold this position. Here's how Harris addressed the historical implications of her election on Nov. 7, 2020:
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