Anticipation filled the air at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night as thousands gathered on The Yard to celebrate what many hoped would be a historic victory for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Vice President Kamala Harris will spend election night at Howard University – her alma mater and a historically Black university in Washington, D.C. This is the first time in modern history that a presidential election watch party will be on a college campus, Howard President Ben Vinson III said in an email to the community last week.