Here's Why Harris Wears Purple

Kamala Harris is set to make history as the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president.

As she arrives at the capitol to take her oath, she wears in the color purple as a nod to Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman to run for president.

"Kamala Harris is wearing purple, something pretty significant to her. When she ran for president, one of her colors of her campaign was purple and yellow. That is a nod to Shirley Chisholm who ran for president as a black woman decades ago and has inspired her political career," CNN's Abby Phillip reports.

Chisholm campaigned for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 1972.

Phillip added: "You see Kamala Harris nodding to this major moment in American history for so many women, people of color, for her sorority sisters in Alpha Kappa Alpha, incorporated."