[8][2][10] Crump ran for Council election as early as 1989 on a platform of fair taxation, help for tenants, and better education.
[12] She ran for Mayor in 1998, trying to call attention to crime, school failure, and corruption under Sharpe James.
[12][15] She served under Mayors Sharpe James, Cory Booker, and Ras Baraka.
After her resignation[16] the Council voted to give the seat to her son Larry Crump.
[5] She is in the New Jersey State League of Municipalities Elected Officials Hall of Fame.
[4] She was a past President and member of the board of trustees for Integrity House, Inc., Vice-chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Bridge to Recovery, charter member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C., past chairman of the Board of Directors, Habitat for Humanity, Newark and Golden Heritage Life Member of the Newark Branch NAACP.