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.

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.