Meet the black women shaking up U.S. politics

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Jahana Hayes

Hayes beat veteran politician Mary Glassman to move her a step closer to becoming the first African-American woman representing Connecticut in the Congress. The winner of 2016 Teacher of the Year award used her background to run her campaign, setting herself as the fixer.

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“If you see a problem in your community, you go and fix it,” is what Hayes had been telling her students.