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Chokwe Antar Lumumba (born March 29, 1983) is an American attorney, activist, and politician serving as the 53rd mayor[1] of Jackson, Mississippi,[2] the 7th consecutive African-American to hold the position.
He was first elected in 2017. In the primary, Lumumba soundly[3] won the Democratic nomination, defeating both incumbent mayor Tony Yarber and State Senator John Horhn.[4] Lumumba went on to win the general election in a landslide. He is a self-described progressive and socialist.[5][6] Lumumba has also referred to himself as a political revolutionary.[7]
He is the son of former mayor and Black nationalist activist Chokwe Lumumba, who served briefly as mayor of Jackson before his death in 2014.[8]
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^Williams, Angela (July 3, 2017). "Chokwe Antar Lumumba sworn in as Jackson mayor". WAPT. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
^"Some Mayors Defeated in Mississippi Municipal Primaries". U.S. News & World Report. The Associated Press. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^Nichols, John (May 3, 2017). "Jackson, Mississippi, Just Nominated Radical Activist Chokwe Antar Lumumba to Be the Next Mayor". The Nation. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^Lartey, Jamiles (September 11, 2017). "A revolutionary, not a liberal: can a radical black mayor bring change to Mississippi?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
^"In Conversation with India Walton and Chokwe Antar Lumumba". Mother Jones. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
^"A revolutionary, not a liberal: can a radical black mayor bring change to Mississippi?". the Guardian. September 11, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
^Marans, Daniel (May 3, 2017). "Progressive Attorney Unseats Business-Friendly Mississippi Mayor". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
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