Over time, this state has not invested what it should in Berkshire County," Gov. Maura Healey said during the event. "[Our administration] is different, and we came in as an administration with a commitment to [invest in Berkshire County].”
The program will also honor Du Bois biographer David Levering Lewis, who will receive the town’s first W. E. B. Du Bois Legacy Award honoring recipients for “embodying and preserving W. E. B. Du Bois’ legacy as a scholar and activist for freedom.”
