Chokwe Lumumba
| Chokwe Lumumba | |
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Lumumba in 2013
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| Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi | |
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In office July 1, 2013 – February 25, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Harvey Johnson, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Tony Yarber |
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Edwin Finley Taliaferro August 2, 1947 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | February 25, 2014 (aged 66) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
Chokwe Lumumba (/ˈʃoʊ.kweɪ.lʌˈmuːm.bɑː/; August 2, 1947 – February 25, 2014) was an American attorney and politician, affiliated with the Republic of New Afrika and serving as its second vice president. He served as a human rights lawyer in Michigan and Mississippi. In 2013, after serving on the City Council, he was elected as Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, as Edwin Finley Taliaferro, and was raised there, attending local schools.
He changed his name in 1969 after joining the Republic of New Afrika.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan, as Edwin Finley Taliaferro, the second of eight children of Lucien Taliaferro, from Kansas, and Priscilla, from Alabama. Some of his forebears were said to be Cherokee. His parents had each moved to Detroit in the Great Migration of the early 20th century.
Taliaferro attended local Catholic schools. He graduated from St. Theresa High School in Detroit, where he served as president of the student council and captain of the football team. As a young man he witnessed police brutality. His mother would stand with her children on corners collecting money for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and she impressed on her son the important role of political activism and civil rights.
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