Wes Moore becomes Maryland’s first Black governor | International
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 19, 2023
Jan 19, 2023, 11:14AM ISTSource: AP
Maryland Governor Wes Moore was sworn in as the state's first Black governor on Wednesday, punctuating his inauguration with references to Black history that included an acknowledgement of the enslaved people who once arrived by ship near the state Capitol. Before his inaugural speech, Moore attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Annapolis City Dock, which was once a regional slave port and the site of a memorial to enslaved African Kunta Kinte, who arrived there in 1767 and was written about in Alex Haley's book "Roots."
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