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Ayanna Pressley: A parent is a child's first teacher. My mother did not read me nursery rhymes, but she made sure early on that I knew…

On the recordDecember 9, 2019
A parent is a child's first teacher. My mother did not read me nursery rhymes, but she made sure early on that I knew the words of Toussaint Louverture, 'I was born a slave, but Nature gave me the soul of a free man.'
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley emphasizes the importance of education and heritage in her advocacy for Haiti.

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