Shontel Brown: “Stephanie Tubbs Jones was the first black woman in Ohio…”

“A founding member of the cbc, but also someone who demanded that we have reflective representation in our government. And this seat would not exist but for the work that he did. He was succeeded by Stephanie Tubbs Jones was the first black woman in Ohio elected to Congress. and she was succeeded by my predecessor, Secretary Marsha Fudge. She was the first elected, the first black woman mayor in the city that we live in, in Warrensville Heights.” (19:49–19:59)

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