Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login In December 2021, just weeks after he was elected as the second black mayor in New York City’s history, Eric Adams took a surprise trip to Ghana. He called it a “spiritual journey,” and the week-long tour built on a story that had resonated deeply with voters.

Adams visited slave trade sites and meditated on the remarkable arc that allowed a man whose ancestors left in shackles to return as the next leader of America’s largest city. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.

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