Chokwe Antar Lumumba
| Chokwe Lumumba | |
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| Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi | |
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Assumed office July 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Yarber |
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Chokwe Antar Lumumba March 29, 1983 (age 34) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relations | Chokwe Lumumba (father) |
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Chokwe Antar Lumumba (born March 29, 1983) is an American attorney, activist, politician and the current Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. While running for mayor, Lumumba soundly won the Democratic nomination, defeating incumbent mayor Tony Yarber and John Horhn, a state senator. As Jackson is a heavily Democratic leaning city, Lumumba's primary victory was likely to make him the next mayor of Jackson. Lumumba is endorsed by Working Families Party and ran on a progressive platform, like his late father Chokwe Lumumba, who served as Jackson's mayor briefly before his death in 2014. Lumumba is married to his wife Ebony, and they have one child.
Lumumba received his bachelor's degree in political science and government from Tuskegee University and his law degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.
Lumumba was a featured speaker at the 2017 People's Summit.
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