Making #HerStory with LaKeshia Myers: Running Black and Blue

In honor of this week's episode falling on Election Day 2024 in the United States, we sat down with Rep. LaKeshia Myers of Wisconsin to talk about her experience as a Black woman in politics and get her take on what Kamala Harris has faced as a Black woman running for president. LaKeshia also discusses her experience as a school teacher and how that has helped her as a representative in Milwaukee with her constituents and fellow lawmakers and how she thinks it could help Tim Walz, if he becomes Vice President.  Sound Editor: Jaxon Winters Copyright Info: ABC News (2024, Aug. 21). Walz says 'never underestimate' a teacher during DNC speech. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0iEcfMUHD4 Mother Jones (2024, July 26). DEI: The Right's Main (and Very) Racist Attack on Kamala Harris. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LZ2xnXj5no Benjamin O'Hare (2013, Oct. 15). Maynard H. Jackson becomes the first black Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajkv5AWMltY Betches_news Instagram. (2024, Oct. 19). We spoke with Governor Tim Walz recently about why it’s so important that men speak out about reproductive rights, and ... [Video]. https://www.instagram.com/betches_news/reel/DBUHQC2RyGk/C-SPAN (1972, Jan. 15). 1972 Shirley Chrisholm Presidential Campaign Announcement. [Video]. https://www.c-span.org/video/?325324-2/1972-shirley-chisholm-presidential-campaign-announcementJohn F. Kennedy Library (John F. Kennedy's 1963 Televised Address to the Nation on Civil Rights). [Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58O2De-iPOk SkyNews Australia (2024, July 2). ‘She’s weak’: Megyn Kelly blasts Kamala Harris. [Video]. https://youtube.com/shorts/lfj9o3BUZAc?si=V37fdPyn_ujxFuhjWBAY TV-2 (2023, Sept. 22). Fight over DEI funding in UW system continues. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKJxmCWYWoMWKYC Channel 3 (2024, Nov. 1). Kamala Harris says Trump's comment on women 'is offensive to everybody'. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjalpN5XZOs