Day: June 18, 2023

America’s youngest Black mayor, Jaylen Smith (l), 19, of Earle, Arkansas, met last month with mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, during the African American Mayor’s Association National Conference in Washington D.C. Smith will be Aurora’s guest speaker for the annual Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony on Monday, January 19 – the 158th anniversary of Juneteenth.
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Youngest Black mayor in America to visit Aurora on Juneteenth

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More than a century and a half ago, the last enslaved Black people received the news that they were indeed free.  Now, 158 years later, the youngest Black mayor in American history will join the first Black mayor of Aurora, Illinois, to honor the Juneteenth holiday. Mayor Jaylen Smith, 19,...

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