Movement, family, freedom fighters, people of conscience and faith. My name is Ayanna Pressley. I am a congresswoman. Thanks to the power of organizing and the power of the ballot, Eight years ago, I was elected to Massachusetts seventh seat, which include Boston and yes, there are black people in Boston, becoming the first black woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress. Shattering a concrete ceiling, a disruption that was decades in the making, thanks to the strategic mind, sweat equity and labor of activists and organizers. (00:26–00:44)
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