Kamala Harris Sworn In Using Thurgood Marshall Bible to Honor Personal Hero

Kamala Harris, 56 was sworn in as the 49th vice president of the United States today by associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor using two Bibles that hold great personal significance for her. On Tuesday Harris tweeted, "When I raise my right hand and take the oath of office tomorrow, I carry with me two heroes who'd speak up for the voiceless and help those in one."

One of the Bibles that will be used is a Harris family heirloom that had been owned by Regina Shelton, an Oakland, California, woman who helped raise the future vice president and her sister Maya. Harris has referred to the woman she calls "Mrs. Shelton" as a second mother and has previously used Shelton's Bible to take the oaths of office as California attorney general and as U.S. Senator.