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'I am making history': Kim Janey becomes Boston's first Black and first female mayor
N'dea Yancey-Bragg
USA TODAY
Kim Janey was sworn in as acting mayor Boston on Wednesday, making history as the first Black person and first woman to lead the city.
Janey, previously the city council president, automatically replaced Democrat Marty Walsh after he resigned Monday to serve as President Joe Biden's labor secretary. The city will hold a mayoral race in November, and Janey hasn't said whether she'll run against the five other candidates, all of whom are people of color.
Janey, who at 11 years old had rocks and racial slurs hurled at her school bus during Boston’s desegregation era, is widely seen as ushering in a new chapter in Boston’s political history. She pledged to lead the city with "bold, courageous leadership."
“Today is a new day. I stand before you as the first woman and the first Black mayor of Boston, the city that I love,” Janey, a Democrat, said during the City Hall event. “I come to this day with life experience that is different from the men who came before me.”
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/25/kim-janey-boston-first-black-female-mayor/6994362002/