Kim Janey: “I had rocks and racial slurs thrown at my bus simply for attending school while black.”

I stand on many shoulders as the first -- the first black mayor and the first woman mayor, and I wanted to pay homage to those who have come before me.

As I reflect back on two prints that I hung in my office and as we lace up our sneakers to finish this race, and you know I will be wearing Converse, we must continue to run toward justice, equity and love. Just like Vice President Kamala…

I never even imagined I would see a black mayor in my lifetime in the city of Boston.

As a girl growing up in Boston I was nurtured by a family who believed in me and surrounded by good neighbors who knew my name. It was my village. But when I was just 11 years old school bussing rolled into my life. I was forced on to the…