America Can Go Far Ahead in Leading the Movement for Black Women in Politics

An organization in Brooklyn is working to increase the presence of women of color in the political offices and is providing them with the resources that they need to run.

The founding member of the Higher Heights for America, C. Virginia Fields, says that she remained a member of the New York City Council for 8 years before proceeding to become the president of the Manhattan borough. She said that sometimes people needed to be willin....