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From YouTube: Black History Month Kickoff
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In February, Boston is celebrating Black History Month with community events all over the city. At City Hall, Mayor Walsh celebrates the legacy of the leaders who came before us and reminds us that their work is not done.
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A
However,
before
I
get
too
far
into
my
duties
of
announcing
who's
next
I
just
want
to
take
a
brief
moment
to
remind
you
to
remember
I,
want
to
remind
you
to
remember,
remember
why
we
celebrate
Black
History
Month
in
1976,
when
Black
History
Month
was
officially
recognized
by
the
United
States
government
President
Ford.
He
says
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
honor
those
who
are
too
often
neglected
the
achievements
and
the
accomplishments
and
contributions
of
African
Americans
in
the
United
States.
B
Thank
you.
Let
us
pray
father,
we
thank
you
and
we
praise
you
for
this
wonderful
privilege
and
opportunity
to
be
here
today.
This
is
the
day
that
you
have
made
and
we're
here
to
rejoice
and
be
glad
in
it
father.
We
thank
you
for
the
privilege,
God
Lord
of
freedom
and
being
able
to
be
here
to
celebrate
our
history.
I
pray
in
the
name
of
Jesus
that
we
would
have
a
great
time
today
that
we
would
all
be
uplifted
and
inspired
as
a
result
of
our
coming
together
in
Jesus
name.
We
pray,
amen.
A
So
we're
gonna
begin
with
some
talent
I'd
like
to
introduce
lovey
Hoffman.
Tell
you
a
little
bit
about
her.
She
is
a
singer-songwriter
and
award-winning
musical
theatre
performer.
She
hails
from
Roxbury
and
gained
notoriety
playing
the
lead
role
in
New
England
premier
Speak
Easy
stage
company's
musical
production
of
the
color
purple
for
our
social
media.
Folks,
you
can
find
her
using
the
hashtag
T
chattering.
Singer,
we're
very
happy
to
have
her
here
today.
So
with
no
further
ado,
I'd
like
to
introduce
this
lovely
Hoffman.
C
C
A
Now
I'd
like
to
introduce
our
mayor,
who
makes
it
clear
that
Black
History
Month
is
very
important
to
him.
We
know
that
our
residents
of
this
city
are
important
to
him.
We
know
that
he
feels
just
very
important
that
we
as
a
city
face
race,
so
I'm
very
proud
to
be
a
part
of
his
team
and
you,
you
may
not
know
that
him
and
I
have
a
lot
in
common
he's,
a
huge
Patriots
fan
and
I'm
a
huge
Patriots
fan
he's
from
Dorchester
and
I'm
from
Dorchester
he's
Irish
and
I'm
Irish.
D
Thank
you,
I,
don't
know
what
it's
taught
where
to
begin.
There's
so
much
I
could
say
right
now.
Let
me
start
with
D
on
Irish
TN
Irish
is
our
election
commissioner.
In
the
city
of
Boston,
when
I
took
over
as
mayor,
he
was
not
the
election.
Commissioner
I
asked
him
if
he
would
like
to
take
this
opportunity.
He
did
and
Dion
got
us
through
the
first
time
in
history
of
aa,
so
we
had
early
voting
and
we
put
some
money
in
the
budget.
D
We're
gonna
set
up
and
set
up
four
districts
around
the
city
of
Boston
and
Dion,
came
back
and
said
you
know,
I
think
we
can
I
think
we
could
do
it
better
than
that.
We
can
look
at
all
of
our
city,
come
to
districts
and
have
a
place
in
each
district
to
have
early
voting,
and
it
was
a
tremendous
success
here
at
the
City
of
Boston.
This
he's
an
incredible
man
he's
Irish
Dion
Irish.
Thank
you
very
much.
D
D
D
When
I
met
the
chief
justice
for
the
first
time,
he
was
a
judge
on
the
Supreme
Court
of
Massachusetts,
he
became
the
chief
as
a
state
representative
with
work,
often
at
the
court,
and
never
in
my
wildest
imagination
when
I
think
in
2014.
He
be
swearing
me
in
his
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston.
So
thank
you,
general
everything.
You
do
city.
D
D
And
we
have
a
lot
of
people
from
the
city
of
the
bank.
It's
not
naming
names
as
I.
Do
would
be
here
for
three
days
and
I'm.
Sorry,
but
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
with
us
today.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
helping
us
kick
off.
Black
History
Month
in
the
City
of
Austin
Black
History
Month
is
certainly
a
celebration
of
the
poke
little
roll
of
african-americans
have
played
in
our
country.
D
We
honor
the
men
and
women
who
have
fought
for
America's
ideals
of
justice,
equality
of
freedom,
and
we
remember
the
enormous
barriers
that
African
Americans
have
broken
in
our
country
and
in
our
city,
and
it's
important
for
us
to
acknowledge
those
those
those
those
victories
not
just
the
month
during
the
month
of
February.
But
every
single
day
in
the
United
States
of
America.
D
Here
here
in
our
city,
in
Boston,
Black,
History
Month
is
also
a
time
when
we
look
forward.
We
come
together
to
discuss
the
challenges
that
had
ahead
of
us.
We
recommit
ourselves
to
being
the
city
that
dr.
King
called
the
testing
ground
for
the
ideals
of
freedom,
a
theme
for
Black
History
Month
this
year
celebrating
my
past.
My
present
in
my
future
was
celebrating
the
central
roles
in
African.
D
Americans
have
played
in
all
facets
of
American
life,
something
that
again,
we
should
celebrate
and
remember
we're
elevating
stories
of
black
Bostonians
through
the
photography
you
see
behind
us.
I
had
the
great
honor
of
serving
with
the
man
right
behind
me
for
16
1/2
years
in
the
House
of
Representatives,
by
rushing
honoring,
the
contributions
of
our
black
seniors,
we're
holding
showcases
for
black
designers
and
much
more
and
it's
important
for
the
young
people
in
the
room,
whether
you're,
white
or
black,
or
Latino
or
Asian.
D
I
was
talking
to
one
of
the
black
elders
in
the
city
of
Boston
last
year
it
was
Chuck
turn
actually
after
the
inauguration
of
the
President
and
I
said
so
Maureen
for
a
fight,
I.
Think
as
we
move
forward,
and
he
said
to
me
a
fight,
the
silver
I
swear.
It
was
a
fight.
This
is
just
another
day
and
we
have
to
remember
what
we
have
in
front
of
us
and
continue
to
move
forward
and
not
lose.
The
games
remain,
and
those
words
are
true.
Those
words
are
true
today,
regardless
who's
in
any
office.
D
The
site's
winners
will
be
honored
by
the
end
of
the
month,
and
I
encourage
all
students,
grades
6
to
12
to
participate,
and
anyone
here
go
to
Boston
cough
to
get
more
information
on
what
we're
doing
this
contest
is
an
opportunity.
It's
really
an
educational
opportunity
to
our
youth
to
connect
with
our
history
in
new
ways.
It
will
highlight
how
important
with
the
work
that
was
done
at
Boston.
My
boss
is
black
heroes
and
that's
central
to
our
city's
cultural
identity.
D
I'm,
proud
that,
surely,
students
be
able
to
visit
a
new
Boston
historical
land,
mind
a
major
public
memorial
to
dr.
King
and
Coretta
Scott
King
that
we're
working
on
right
now.
This
memorial
will
be
a
bold
reminder
that
the
March
for
freedom,
justice
and
equality
is
never
finished.
It
will
also
help
us
one
of
the
people.
We
continue
to
carry
this
legacy
on
today
and
every
single
day
in
our
city.
Right
now,
I
have
the
honor
to
recognize
one
of
those
special
people
judge
Roderick
Ireland's.
D
Judge
Ireland
has
devoted
his
career
to
justice,
especially
for
the
youth
and
those
who
are
on
the
ball.
He
sat
in
as
a
neighborhood
legal
service
attorney
eventually
created
the
public
defender's
program
in
Roxbury
over
his
remarkable
career,
he
became
a
leader
and
a
legend
in
the
Massachusetts
legal
community.
He
was
the
first
african-american
associate
justice.
He
was
the
first
african-american
chief
justice
to
serve
at
the
Massachusetts
Supreme
Judicial
Court
Roderick
Ireland's
legacy
is
one
of
resilience
and
progress.
This
is
the
story
that
represents
the
strength
of
the
black
community
in
Boston
in
Massachusetts.
D
D
D
And
I
want
to
present
to
the
Honorable
Roderick
Ireland's
in
recognition
for
many
years
of
dedication
and
service
to
the
citizens
of
Boston
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
Given
this
day,
the
first
day
of
every
2018
at
City,
Hall
offered
by
myself,
mayor
of
Boston,
Maddie,
Walsh
and
mayor
fraim,
am
von
Spicer.
E
D
Now
it's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
someone
who's
breaking
ground
in
Massachusetts
very
exciting.
That
Framingham
is
first,
men
is
after
an
african-american
woman.
We
were
talking
up
in
my
office
about
what
we're
doing
she's
talking
about
the
challenge
of
being
the
first
man,
which
is
good.
If
making
mistake.
No
one
knows
she
just
asked.
We
had
always
seems
not
happy,
but
she's,
leading
our
state's
newest
city
with
a
vision
of
unity
and
progress,
and
what's
important
to
understand
about
the
mayor
in
her
town,
is
that
Framingham
is
a
gateway.
D
F
Thank
You
Boston.
For
being
so
gracious
to
me,
I'm
a
kid
from
bed-stuy
Brooklyn,
yes,
I
have
some
fans
in
the
room
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
can
honestly
say:
I'm
grateful
to
have
a
set
of
parents.
That
always
told
me
I
could
do
anything.
I
could
be
anything
so
today,
which
is
very
fitting.
My
parents
bill
and
dot
Spicer
today
is
their
anniversary.
F
They
were
married,
February,
1st
1959
and
truly
they
have
been
surrounding
me
throughout
this
journey.
I'm
grateful
to
the
people
of
Framingham
Framingham
is
a
microcosm
of
Boston.
We
speak
over
60
different
languages
in
Framingham
and
were
70,000
strong
and
to
be
elected.
Framingham
first
mayor
by
a
majority
white
community
is
pretty
remarkable
about
my
city.
F
Those
were
the
moments
that
I
now
share
with
my
nieces
and
they
absolutely
love
it
and
they
keep
it
telling
me
auntie.
You
keep
raising
the
bar
for
us,
but
the
one
thing
that
I
think
is
so
critically
important.
I
do
cover
a
lot
of
ground
when
you
think
about
being
the
first
mayor
of
Framingham
being
the
first
elected
popularly
elected
mayor
in
the
entire
state
of
Massachusetts
that
is
African
American
in
2018
I.
Don't
want
to
be
that
I
want
that,
not
to
be
something
major.
F
F
And
what
that
was
was
a
lot
of
heart,
because
that's
something
when
you
struggle,
you
learn
how
to
be
persistent
and
resistant
to
anything
that
comes
at
you.
So
trust
me
during
this
journey
as
being
mayor
Framingham.
Yes,
we
will
have
our
challenges,
but
the
thing
I
feel
very
good
about
I
have
been
tested
before
and
I
also
have
the
strength
of
other
mayors
throughout
this
country.
F
A
Thank
you,
Miss
bye,
sir
just
want
to
say
where
the
mayor
mentioned,
that
there
are
several
events
that
will
be
taking
place
during
the
course
of
the
month.
So
please
hold
on
to
today's
agenda
on
the
back
of
the
agenda
is
a
listing
of
those
specific
events
with
the
days
and
times
I'll
go
over
the
names
quickly
on
February
actually
start.
Today
we
have
the
the
odd
exhibit
here
at
City,
Hall
it'll,
be
up
for
the
entire
month
on
Saturday,
except
February.
17Th
there'll,
be
the
ecology,
ecology,
Woodson
basketball
tournament
on
Thursday
February
22nd.
A
There
is
together,
we
rise
with
the
elderly
Commission
at
the
Russell
auditorium,
there'll
be
an
event
called
the
fashion
scape
of
Boston
on
February
22nd,
also
at
the
Bruce
G,
building
on
the
busi
building,
Municipal
Building
and
last
but
not
least,
on
Tuesday
February,
27th
there'll
be
an
event
called
Dreamchasers
one
mic
many
voices
at
the
Tobin
Community
Center.
So
please
support
those
events.
Next
I
have
the
honor
of
inviting
again
Bishop
Robert
Perry,
the
second
to
come
forward
and
I'll
say
a
little
bit
about
him
briefly.
A
He
is
innovative,
wise,
creative
and
funny
he's
a
songwriter,
a
music
producer
and
author
and,
most
importantly,
he's
a
man
of
God
he's
the
founder
and
the
pastor
of
the
kingdom
builder's
workshop
Center
in
Boston
and
he's
the
bestest.
Now
we're
gonna
have
a
musical
performance
followed
by
a
few
words.
This
is
Perry.
G
Yes,
my
husband
was
absolutely
supposed
to
do
a
song
selection,
but
being
the
wife
of
a
pastor,
the
wife
of
a
bee
may
have
carried.
You
have
to
be
ready
to
help
at
all
times,
and
so
she
asked
me
last
night
to
help
him.
I
didn't
I
was
happy
to
oblige
so
I'm
honored
to
be
here
to
stand
before
you
all
today
to
help
you
know,
kick
off
the
Black
History
Month
in
Boston.
So
thank
you
for
having
me
as
I,
was
thinking
about
Black,
History
Month,
and
what
to
sing.
B
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
so
much.
We
obviously
and
respectfully
honor
our
mayor,
the
Honorable
Marty
Walsh.
In
his
absence
he
was
here
he
had
to
go
back
upstairs.
We
appreciate
him
and
to
make
Spicer
god
bless
you
to
all
of
our
state
officials,
our
city
officials,
and
definitely
to
Chief
Justice.
We
thank
God
for
you
thank
God
for
you.
We
appreciate
all
of
our
city
officials
and
all
of
our
state
officials.
All
of
our
leaders.
We
at
our
church
at
Kingdom,
Builders,
Worship
Center.
B
We
have
the
privilege,
my
wife
and
I,
have
leading
I
believe
some
of
the
greatest
people,
not
only
in
the
city
of
Boston,
but
in
the
community
of
Dorchester
Massachusetts.
We
thank
God
for
that
privilege
and
we
pray
for
you,
often
our
city
officials
or
state
officials,
and
so
we
appreciate
this
privilege
of
being
with
you
today.
One
of
the
most
popular
oratorical
presentations
of
our
time
is
the
late
dr.,
Martin,
Luther,
King
Junior's
I
have
a
dream
speech
on
August
28
1963
from
the
steps
of
the
Lincoln
Memorial
in
Washington
DC.
B
The
focus
of
his
powerful
presentation
was
on
jobs,
freedom
and
equality
when
I
think
of
dr.
King's
purpose
and
mission
as
a
civil
rights
activist,
and
how
a
lot
of
what
he
spoke
about
centered
around
equality
and
freedom,
I'm
reminded
of
the
song
that
my
wife
so
powerfully
just
saw
I'm
free
praise,
the
Lord,
I'm
free,
no
longer
bound.
No
more
chains
are
holding
me.
My
soul
is
resting.
It's
just
another
blessing
praise
the
Lord
hallelujah
I'm
free
wow,
that
is
a
powerful
song
and
a
wonderful
reality
for
many
of
us.
B
The
truth
is,
some
of
us
are
still
struggling
to
find
that
freedom.
The
truth
is,
although
freedom,
justice
and
equality
is
wonderful
principles
that
we
should
all
receive
and
and
understand,
we
understand
that
freedom
is
not
always
free,
and
that
is
not
always
given
equally.
We
appreciate
the
fact
that
we
all
have
a
privilege
of
living
of
building
of
doing
what
we
believe
God
has
called
us
all
to
do,
but
when
I
was
thinking
about
what
I
would
share
with
you
all
today,
a
message
of
hope
in
this
very
divided
country.
B
Today,
I
thought
about
three
powerful
words
and
those
words
are
value.
Vision
and
victory
is
a
matter
of
fact
to
put
them
together
and
to
be
more
specific
about
the
hope.
Its
value
plus
vision
equals
victory.
When
we
look
at
value,
we
understand
it
is
the
worth
or
the
meaning
that
we
place
on
something
and
I
believe
that
when
you
understand
your
value,
you
will
not
live
beneath
your
privileges.
B
You
will
not
accept
lower
than
what
someone
is
trying
to
give
you,
but
when
you
understand
who
you
are,
but
more
importantly,
who
you
are,
and
that
is
a
child
of
God,
a
child
of
the
Most
High
God,
we
will
understand
our
own
value
now.
I
know
we're
not
at
church
today,
so
don't
get
nervous,
but
I
want
you
to
do
me.
A
favor
I
want
you
to
take
out
a
dollar
a
dollar
a
five
dollar
bill.
20
dollar
bill,
we're
not
that
Church.
B
So
I'm
not
going
to
ask
you
to
give
it
today,
but
I
want
you
to
take
out
whatever
you
have
and
I
want
you
to
look
at
it
and
whatever
the
denomination
is.
It
has
a
certain
value
and
no
matter
what
nomination
you
just
pulled
out
of
your
pocket
or
your
purse,
you
can
ball
it
up.
You
can
throw
it
down.
You
can
put
your
foot
on
it,
but
when
you
pick
it
up
and
when
you
stretch
it
out
and
when
you
open
it
up,
it
still
has
that
same
value.
B
When
God
stretches
you
out,
the
Bible
says
he
will
go
before
us
and
make
every
crooked
play
straight
when
he
stretches
you
out,
you
have
that
same
value
and
that
value
does
not
come
from
man,
but
it
comes
from
God.
When
you
understand
your
value,
then
you'll
understand
your
purpose
and
when
you
understand
your
purpose,
you'll
understand
your
vision,
value,
plus
vision.
When
we
talk
about
vision,
a
lot
of
people
think
that
vision
is
merely
sight,
but
I
think
that
vision
is
a
lot
more
than
that
sight.
Allows
you
to
see.
B
B
For
instance,
you
see
your
bank
account
and
sight
has
a
way
of
making
you
discouraged,
but
vision
has
a
way
of
making
you
hopeful
and
make
you
believe
something
much
further
than
where
you
are
right
now
the
Bible
says
in
Habakkuk
chapter
2
write
the
vision
and
make
it
plain
upon
the
table
so
that
they
that
read,
it
would
run
with
it
and
though
it
tarries
wait
for
it,
for
it
shall
speak
and
not
lie.
I
want
to
encourage
everybody.
B
That's
listening
to
me
today
that
if
you
have
a
vision
for
your
life,
a
vision
for
your
community,
a
vision
for
your
family,
a
vision
for
your
church,
a
vision
for
your
business,
a
vision
for
this
Commonwealth,
although
you
might
not
see
it
coming
immediately,
have
patience,
have
hope,
wait
for
it.
For
it
shall
speak
and
not
live
value,
plus
vision
equals
victory
and
victory
is
not
always
winning
over
and
over
an
opponent,
but
victory
is
being
successful
against
your
own
self
and
your
own
challenges
and
whatever
you've
placed
in
your
life
to
be
today.
B
If
you
are
better
today
than
you
were
yesterday,
that
you
are
victorious
my
brother,
if
you're
better
this
day
that
you
were
last
week,
then
you
are
victorious.
If
you
are
better
today
than
you
were
last
year,
then
you
are
victorious.
I
came
to
encourage
somebody
and
to
tell
you
today
that
if
you
understand
your
value,
if
you
receive
purpose
and
vision-
and
you
put
that
together,
you
will
all
live
with
victory-
god
bless
you.
My
name
is
Robert
Perry
and
I
approve
this
message.
A
B
B
H
B
Which
are
Bob
the
side
come
on,
we
have
come
over
away
with
the
tears
has
been
watered.
We
have
come
treading
on
paths
through
the
blood
of
the
small
order.
Out
from
the
gloomy
past
till
now
we
stand
headless
where
the
white
gleam
of
our
bright
star
is
cast
come
on
last
verse,
God,
god
of
our
weary,
is
God
y'all
sound
good,
come
on.