African Americans in Aurora: 1921-1955

with Sherman Jenkins

Join Alderman Sherman Jenkins to learn about how African Americans lived in Aurora during the decades leading up to the national Civil Rights Movement.

African Americans have been an integral part of the growth and expansion of Illinois’ second largest city: Aurora. Local researcher and author Sherman Jenkins delves into the who, what, when, where and how African Americans lived and worked during the formative and emerging years of Aurora’s history.

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