History was made recently as the US state of Maryland swore in its first Black Governor, Wes Moore, the third man ever elected in the country.
The inauguration of Moore as the 63rd Maryland Governor by Maryland Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew Fader, took place at the Maryland State House, the oldest state Capitol in the US still in use and not far from a dock that was once one of the biggest slave ports in America.
Moore’s parents migrated to the United States from Jamaica. He defeated GOP nominee Dan Cox last November which saw his Republican party win the governorship.
His inauguration attracted political and non-political stars, which include actor and comedian Chris Tucker and Oprah Winfrey.
In his inauguration speech, Moore said it was difficult not to think about Maryland’s past and the path ahead.
He said: “We’re a block away from the Annapolis docks where so many enslaved people arrived in this country against their will, and we’re standing at a Capitol that was built with their hands.
“This journey has never been about making history. It’s about marching forward.
“Maryland is asset-rich but strategy-poor. And for too long we have left people behind. Maryland has the highest median income in the country yet one-in-eight children live in poverty.
“We do not have to choose between being a safe state and a just one. Maryland can and will be both.
“Now is the opportunity that we have to march forward and to march together, and let us march on until victory is won.”
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