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Harris was born on October 20, 1964, in Oakland, California. Premium Link Upgrade Her ******, Premium Link Upgrade , a biologist whose work on the Premium Link Upgrade gene stimulated work in Premium Link Upgrade research, Premium Link Upgrade had arrived in the US from Premium Link Upgrade in 1959 as a graduate student at the Premium Link Upgrade , and received a PhD in Premium Link Upgrade in 1964. Premium Link Upgrade Her ******, Premium Link Upgrade , is a Premium Link Upgrade professor emeritus of economics, who arrived in the US from Premium Link Upgrade in 1961 for graduate study at Berkeley, and received a PhD in economics in 1966. Premium Link Upgrade Premium Link Upgrade

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Her parents divorced when she was seven; she has said that when she and her ****** visited their ****** in Premium Link Upgrade on weekends, neighbors' **** were not allowed to play with them because they were black. Premium Link Upgrade When she was 12, Harris and her ****** moved with their ****** to Premium Link Upgrade , Premium Link Upgrade , Premium Link Upgrade , where their ****** had accepted a research and teaching position at the Premium Link Upgrade -affiliated Premium Link Upgrade . Premium Link Upgrade Harris attended a French-speaking middle school, Premium Link Upgrade , Premium Link Upgrade and then Premium Link Upgrade in Premium Link Upgrade , graduating in 1981. Premium Link Upgrade

After high school, Harris attended Premium Link Upgrade , a Premium Link Upgrade in Premium Link Upgrade While at Howard, she interned as a mail room clerk for California senator Premium Link Upgrade , chaired the economics society, led the debate team and joined Premium Link Upgrade sorority. Premium Link Upgrade Premium Link Upgrade Harris graduated from Howard in 1986 with a degree in political science and economics.

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