I never even imagined I would see a black mayor in my lifetime in the city of Boston.
Kim Janey: “I never even imagined I would see a black mayor in my lifetime in the city of Boston.”
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Kim Janey expressing her thoughts on the historic election of a black mayor in Boston.
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