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HBCU graduate Vice President Kamala Harris helped raise the status of historically Black colleges and universities when she assumed the second-highest office in the land.

Historically Black schools across the country are seeing the results, including the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Willowbrook.

Kareen Wynter reports for KTLA’s Black History Month special on Feb. 22, 2022.