Hiram Leung Fong (1906-2004), given name Yau Leong Fong, was the first Asian American U.S. senator and the first Asian American presidential candidate. He was born in Honolulu to Cantonese parents. Fong received a law degree from Harvard in 1935 and opened his own practice in 1938 and entered politics that same year becoming a member of the Hawaii Territorial House of Representatives; he would be speaker of the house from 1948-1954. During his tenure, he was one of the principal leaders fighting for Hawaiian statehood. In 1954 he retired from politics but with the passing of the Admission Act of 1959, reentered the political arena and was re-elected to serve as senator for the fledgling state, a position he held until 1977. In 1964, he ran for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, making him the first Asian American to run for president.
In 1972, Patsy Mink, the first Asian American woman elected to Congress, would become the first Asian American to seek the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party. In 2016, 52 years after Fong’s candidacy, Piyush “Bobby” Jindal became the second Asian American candidate to seek the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Today, Andrew Yang is a current Democratic hopeful for the 2020 presidential election.
邝友良（Hiram Leung Fong，1906-2004），出生时取名Yau Leong Fong，是美国第一位亚裔参议员，也是第一位亚裔美国总统候选人。他出生在檀香山，父母是广东人。邝友良于1935年在哈佛大学获得法律学位，1938年开办了自己的律师事务所，同年进入政界，成为夏威夷领地众议院议员；1948年至1954年，他担任众议院议长。在他的任期内，他是争取夏威夷州地位的主要领导人之一。1954年，他退出政坛，但随着1959年夏威夷领地改州法案（Admission Act）的通过，他重新进入政治舞台，并重新被选举为这个羽翼未丰之州的参议员，直到1977年才卸任。1964年，他竞选共和党总统候选人提名，成为第一位竞选总统的亚裔美国人。
1972年，第一位当选国会议员的亚裔美国女性竹本松（Patsy Mink）成为第一位寻求民主党总统候选人提名的亚裔美国人。2016年，邝友良参选52年后，皮尤什“鲍比”金达尔（Piyush “Bobby” Jindal）成为第二位寻求共和党总统候选人提名的亚裔美国人。如今，杨安泽（Andrew Yang）是民主党2020年总统大选的希望。
Countdown to the TCS NYC Marathon on November 3, 2019: 216 Days.
2019年是美国第一条横贯大陆铁路建成150周年，为了纪念第一批华人来美建设这条铁路所做出的巨大贡献， MOCA将其2019 TCS NYC Marathon的活动命名为 MOCA Spike 150 – Running Forward With Our Stories！ 鼓励大家通过马拉松公益跑，全国线上接力，以及一天一个故事的方式讲述150个华人的历史故事，敬请大家持续关注， 讲出华人自己的故事，回顾过去，立足现在，展望未来，共同书写美国历史，使之更加充实完整。