Asamoa-Caesar becomes the first Black and the youngest to serve as the nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives. He is also the first-ever Ghanaian American nominee for federal office in the United States.
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President Donald Trump said Friday in a series of tweets that he is rescheduling his first campaign rally in months to a day later so it won’t conflict with the Juneteenth observance of the end of slavery in the United States.
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“As we head into the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a horrific and racist event, let’s make no mistake about it: our leaders did not care about Black lives then, and our leaders do not care about Black lives now. If they did, they would not be rolling out the red carpet, celebrating and capitulating to the most racist president we’ve had in our modern history,” Kojo Asamoa-Caesar says.
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“I would have been a strong ‘Yes’ on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, because I am running for Congress to improve the lives of Oklahomans and build an America where life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is within reach for all—every single day, and especially in a crisis,” said Kojo Asamoa-Caesar.
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“I’m running on America’s Promise,” Kojo Asamoa-Caesar said.
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Mr. Asamoa-Caesar says he chose to read “Green Pants” for story time because he was inspired by his godson Jaden, 9, and nephew Kenyon, 7.
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In American schools, black children are less likely to see teachers who look like them, so Kandice’s role is essential for self-esteem building and cultural empowerment for her students of color.