She got into politics after the Ferguson protests. She just became the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress

Cori Bush, a progressive activist and veteran of the racial justice protest movement, won a House seat in Missouri, becoming the state's first Black woman to represent the state in Congress, according to CNN projections.

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