He Waited 21 Years To Vote. Then He Ran For Mayor.
In this episode of Murphy's Law, host Murphy Robinson sits down with the Honorable Mayor Yemi Mobalaji — the first Black mayor, the first immigrant mayor, and the first independent mayor ever elected to the city of Colorado Springs. And he did it all just five years after becoming an American citizen. After waiting 21 years to get there.
Mayor Yemi's story is not a political story. It is an American story. From growing up in Nigeria with limited opportunity, to coming to the United States on a student visa too nervous to speak in front of a class of 20 people, to becoming a pastor, a quality…
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