“I’ve simply seen too much goodness in this country—and have come so far in my own journey—not to believe in those ideals, and my faith in the future is sometimes restored under the darkest clouds.”
— Governor Deval Patrick
— Governor Deval Patrick
In January 2007, Deval Patrick became the first African American governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of only two African American governors elected in American history. That was just one triumphant step in a long, improbable journey that began in a poor tenement on the South Side of Chicago. From a chaotic childhood to an elite boarding school in New England, to a sojourn doing relief work in Africa to the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, and now to a career in politics, Patrick has led an extraordinary life.
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