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Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the state’s first Black governor, regarding the installment of a statue of Bett, an enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue was unveiled on Sunday, Aug. 21, the same day, just 241 years prior, that a jury agreed with the attorneys and freed Bett, who later changed her name to Elizabeth Freeman. (Associated Press Aug. 21, 2022) ....
Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis once worked closely with former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe through the Boston Global Forum. Dukakis joins us to talk about the recently assassinated world leader and his connections to Boston. ....