Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Boston later this month to attend the NAACP National Convention, the White House announced Thursday.
A statement released by the White House said Harris "will maintain her whirlwind travel across the country in July and August," including stops in Florida, Illinois, Indiana in addition to her visit to Massachusetts.
The vice president will be Boston on July 29, according to the announcement.
Last year, Harris became the first Black woman vice president to give a keynote speech at the NAACP convention, where she focused her remarks on abortion rights, tighter gun restrictions and the high maternal mortality rates for people of color.
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"I am confident that Vice President Harris’ presence at convention will further motivate our members and supporters' continued fight for racial justice across all 50 states. We look forward to hearing from the Vice President on how the administration is enacting its commitment to addressing the issues that are top-of-mind for Black America. This is what thriving together looks like," NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement.
Harris will join speakers including former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Congressman Justin Jones, President and CEO of The National Council of Negro Women Shavon Arline-Bradley, and other advocates, authors and artists.
Robert Kraft, owner of the Patriots and founder of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism; Henry Louis Gates, a literary critic and professor of African-American studies; and criminal justice reform advocate Meek Mill are on the agenda to participate in a discussion on racial injustice and hate crimes, moderated by Joy Taylor.
The NAACP's 114th National Convention is scheduled to run from July 26 to Aug. 1 in South Boston, and is estimated to bring more than $10 million to the city.
Boston has been chosen to hold the convention twice before, once in 1911 and again in 2020 — but the 2020 in-person convention was scuttled and moved online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
State House News Service contributed to this report.
