The
National Black Justice Coalition has a great
interview with Inga Taylor about running for the State Legislature last year.
Why did you want to run for State Representative?
I believe that politics is were I am suppose to be. I always ask the Lord for guidance and let me tell you when I was directed to politics, I went kicking and screaming (laughs). But, the fact is that in order to affect change, we must be at the table when the descions [sic] that affect us are being made.
It is Black History Month—who is your role model? Do you have a hero?
Do I have one role model or hero? I do not. There are so many role models and heroes that have not had their stories told or printed.
When I look at my elders, I see all of them as my role models and my heroes. Nothing I can ever do in my lifetime will compare to what they endured to give me the opportunity to do what I do.
