Conversation with Former Boston Mayor Kim Janey on Celebrating Black History

About this episode

Former Boston Mayor Kim Janey discusses the significance of celebrating Black history.

Reflect on the IOP’s time with its Spring 2022 Resident Fellows in this conversation with former Boston Mayor Kim Janey on the importance of celebrating Black history. The music in this podcast is titled "April Showers" and was created by Kjartan Abel. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 4.0 International License . This podcast was produced by Gabriella Foulkes.

People in this episode

Guest: Kim Janey

Topics covered

• Black history
• politics
• Boston

Keywords

• IOP
• Spring 2022 Resident Fellows

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: April Showers

Places: Boston

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