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>> it did. i too beat a long-time incumbent for my seat. and it was just a matter of just saying you know what? why not me. >> i've been in the state house. i told you i worked 35 years as teacher, and i've been at the state house 21 years you. get girl. can you believe that? listen, just call me barbara, miss barbara, ms. cooper, representative cooper. but just call me by my nail. >> you have to work harder than everybody else. you have to work longer than everybody else, you have to work longer. it's harder. >> we had to fight a different way in order to gain respect from the men that we wer...

>> i've been in the state house. i told you i worked 35 years as teacher, and i've been at the state house 21 years you. get girl. can you believe that? listen, just call me barbara, miss barbara, ms. cooper, representative cooper. but just call me by my nail. >> you have to work harder than everybody else. you have to work longer than everybody else, you have to work longer. it's harder. >> we had to fight a different way in order to gain respect from the men that we were sitting next to. >> this is one of our largest african american communities in the county. in spite what our ancestors had...

For my seat. it was a matter of saying you know, why not me. >> i've been in the statehouse -- i told you i worked 35 years as a teacher and been in the statehouse for 21 years. you get called girl. can you believe that? i said listen, just call me barbara. representative cooper but just call me by my name. >> you have to work harder than everybody else, longer than everybody else. have be smarter have to show up earlier. it's hard to run for office as a woman. >> we had to fight a different way in order to gain respect from the men that we were sitting next to. >> in this era of the me too mo...

How did that feel? feel kind of good? >> yeah. >> i am woman. hear me roar. it felt great. >> it did. i, too, beat a long-time incumbent for my seat and it was just a matter of just saying, you know what? why not me? >> if have been in the state house and worked as a teacher. and i've been at the state house for 21 years. you get called girl. can you believe that? say, listen. just call me barbara, miss barbara, miss cooper, representative cooper. call me by my name. >> you have to work harder than everybody else, longer, be smarter, show up earlier. it's hard to run for office as a woman. >> ...

Cooper said call me by my name. black women in particular foundational to so many movements and the most loyal democratic voting bloc saying call me by my name. if we can operate behind the scenes, they're the political mules. we expect them to carry the weight, especially black women. carry the weight when all things are failing. turn to the polls. now they're stepping up saying we can do this. we can take change. >> are we seeing the issues shift? we have seen black women voters change the outcome of elections. i think of roy moore in the last year and now seeing these black women run themse...