Chokwe Lumumba

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Chokwe Lumumba Sr. (; born Edwin Finley Taliaferro; August 2, 1947 – February 25, 2014) was an American attorney, activist, and politician, who was affiliated with the Black separatist organization Republic of New Afrika and served as its second vice president. He worked 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. His son Chokwe Antar Lumumba was elected Mayor of Jackson in 2017.

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