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    Chokwe Lumumba (/ˈʃoʊ.kweɪ.lʌˈmuːm.bɑː/; August 2, 1947 – February 25, 2014) was an American attorney, activist, and politician, who was affiliated with...
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    Chokwe Antar Lumumba (born March 29, 1983) is an American attorney, activist, and politician serving as the 53rd mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, the 7th...
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  • in April 2014 from special election following the death in office of Chokwe Lumumba. A native of Jackson and experienced city councilor, Yarber is noted...
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    2017, alongside other Jackson municipal races. Chokwe Antar Lumumba, son of late former mayor Chokwe Lumumba, was elected mayor in a landslide in the general...
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    The Chokwe people, known by many other names (including Kioko, Bajokwe, Chibokwe, Kibokwe, Ciokwe, Cokwe or Badjok), are a Bantu ethnic group of Central...
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  • cream Lumumba (film), a biographical film directed by Raoul Peck "Lumumba", a 1968 tribute song by Bongi Makeba from Keep Me in Mind Chokwe Lumumba, mayor...
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    was defeated in the Democratic primary in July 2013 by challengers Chokwe Lumumba, who was elected as mayor, and Jonathan Lee. Harvey Johnson Jr. was...
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    the death of incumbent mayor Chokwe Lumumba. Councilman Tony Yarber defeated the late Lumumba's son Chokwe Antar Lumumba in a runoff. Other candidates...
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    1, 2013, Chokwe Lumumba was sworn into office as mayor of the city. After eight months in office, Lumumba died on February 25, 2014. Lumumba was a popular...
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  • City council for twelve years and as acting mayor after the death of Chokwe Lumumba, becoming the 5th consecutive African-American mayor of the city. Tillman...
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    archived from the original. "Marcus Gordon and the Mississippi Bar vs. Chokwe Lumumba". BAMN News. NCBL, MXGM & WUSD: 3. September 2002. Curtis Giovanni Flowers...
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  • football player Aaron Hernandez, civil rights lawyer and politician Chokwe Lumumba, George Floyd and African-American artist Ellis Ruley. Baden was a Forensic...
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    Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and Canada August 2: Chokwe Lumumba (b. August 2, 1947 – d. February 25, 2014) an early leader of the black...
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  • slavery in the United States. Founders of N’COBRA were Imari Obadele and Chokwe Lumumba; other founders included the National Conference of Black Lawyers, the...
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  • executive, not a mayor proper. Son of the previous socialist mayor, Chokwe Lumumba Clavelle became a member of the Democratic Party in 2004. Bloom ran...
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  • pivotal to the 2013 mayoral election of Chokwe Lumumba and the 2017 election of his son, Chokwe Antar Lumumba. Autarchism Domestic sourcing Robinson Crusoe...
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    27. Incumbent mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba was re-elected to a second term in office with 69.1% of the vote. Chokwe Antar Lumumba, incumbent mayor Patty...
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    reelection but was defeated by fellow Democrat Chokwe Antar Lumumba, son of the late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba. Jersey City, New Jersey: incumbent Democrat Steven...
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    June 4, 2013, alongside other Jackson municipal races. City councilman Chokwe Lumumba was elected mayor in a landslide in the general election after defeating...
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    first administration in 1968, working alongside Williams and Henry. Chokwe Lumumba, formerly Edwin Finley Taliaferro of Detroit, was elected as second...
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    Lott (born 1941), U.S. senator and Senate Majority Leader (Grenada) Chokwe Lumumba (1947–2014), activist, attorney, mayor of Jackson John R. Lynch (1847–1939)...
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  • Together with Certain Miscellaneous Matters Pertaining to the City". "Chokwe Antar Lumumba sworn in as Jackson mayor". 3 July 2017. Brinson, Carroll. Jackson/A...
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  • prosecuted by Robert S. Litt, while the defendants' lawyers included Chokwe Lumumba and Lynne Stewart. Ferguson, Baraldini, and Odinga's federal convictions...
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    choose his role models as mayor. In response, Baraka named Barry and Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, Mississippi. In November 2023, Good Hope Road SE, which...
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  • became a professor at Prairie View A&M University. In 1987, Obadele and Chokwe Lumumba formed the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA)...
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  • Michigan House of Representatives Alexander Lipsey, Michigan politician Chokwe Lumumba, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi Gerald Ellis Rosen, United States District...
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    eligible to seek re-election. Jackson, Mississippi: Incumbent Democrat Chokwe Antar Lumumba intends to run for re-election. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Incumbent...
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  • number of members, including Robert F. Williams, Betty Shabazz and Chokwe Lumumba. The organization persists to this day. The idea for outright independence...
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    government and led to an impasse between Lumumba and President Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Mobutu, at that time Lumumba's chief military aide and a lieutenant-colonel...
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    boycott became model for state", The Democrat "One Year After Chokwe". "A Tribute to Chokwe Lumumba by Akinyele Umoja - The Black Scholar". September 16, 2014...
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