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By Melissa Noel ·Updated January 19, 2023
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Wes Moore had his left hand firmly placed on a Bible that once belonged to famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass. With his right hand raised, he created a new page in the history books as he took the oath of office, becoming Maryland’s first Black governor and only the third Black governor elected in the history of the United States.
Moore was
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