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Meet Charles Curtis, America's first Native American vice president | Planet America

When Kamala Harris became America's Vice-President four years ago, she was celebrated for breaking both gender and racial barriers. But as Planet America's John Barron explains, America's first female VP wasn't the country's first VP of colour. That path was carved by Native American Charles Curtis nearly a century ago. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5
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