People from all walks of life celebrated Wes Moore’s inauguration as the 63rd governor of Maryland on Wednesday. Moore is the first Black governor of the state, the third Black person elected as governor of any U.S. state, and as of 2023, the only incumbent Black governor of any U.S. state.

Among the dignitaries in attendance were Linda R. Gooden, the 2006 Black Engineer of the Year who currently chairs the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, and Valerie S. Ashby, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the 2022 Women of Color Technologist of the Year.

Other photos show Career Communications Group (CCG) Publisher and CEO Tyrone Taborn, CCG President Jean Hamilton, Eric  Holder, the first African American to hold the position of U.S. attorney general, and obstetrician and gynecologist Sharon Malone, the wife of Eric Holder.