The Black Lives Matter activist, who got political after Michael Brown’s 2014 killing, beat out a 20-year moderate incumbent for a chance to become the first Black woman to rep her state in Congress.
“Senators, some of you may never know what it is to wonder whether your child could be shot by the very people purportedly tasked with protecting their life.”
In honor of the civil rights leader’s 129th birthday, several members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation as a renewed call for universal equality.
Rep. Karen Bass: “This form of terrorism was used to kill Black people and terrorize and terrify those into understanding they were not considered humans.”
