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Jackson, MS Baws -- New Mayor Chockwe Antar Lumumba
Posted on 6/7/17 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 6/7/17 at 7:49 pm
Well, you Jackson, MS baws are in luck. The city has elected former Jackson, MS mayor Chockwe Lumumba's son Chockwe Antar Lumumba. Chcokwe won with 93% of the vote. He is a member of the Malcom X Grassroots Movement. Good luck baws...
Chockwe WINS!!
Chokwe Antar Lumumba (Lumumba for Mayor)
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34—son of the late Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and community activist Nubia Lumumba—is the new mayor-elect of Jackson, Miss., beating Republican challenger Jason Wells in a landslide victory.
The Jackson Free Press reports:
With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Lumumba had 23,175 votes, or 93 percent. Republican Wells had 900 votes, or 4 percent. Jaclyn Mask had 572 votes, or 2 percent, and Kenneth Swarts 175 votes, or 1 percent. Lumumba will take office in July.
“We have a lot of work to do,” Lumumba said at the King Edward Hotel as he acknowledged his win. “If you have the best ideas, that’s what we’re moving with.”
Supporters shouted, “One City, One Aim, One Destiny!” as Lumumba declared victory.
As The Root previously reported, Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber conceded the Democratic primary to Lumumba last month when it became clear that the people of Jackson had made a clear decision: Choke Antar Lumumba would be their next mayor and continue the radical and transformative work that shaped his parents’ lives—and his own—and would lead Jackson into a revolutionary future.
#JxnRising: Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson, Miss., Mayoral Primary Race, Looks Forward to June…
Still, Tuesday night was a long time coming.
After the elder Lumumba’s unexpected death in 2014 after less than a year in office, his son, Chokwe Antar, announced that he would run to continue his father’s mission, which included amplifying and expanding the work of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, New Afrikan People’s Organization and Cooperation Jackson and building upon the People’s Platform.
The elder Lumumba—beloved organizer; attorney for Tupac and Assata Shakur; founder of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement; leader of the Republic of New Afrika, an organization that advocated for an independent predominantly black government in the southeastern United States and reparations for slavery; and proud “Fannie Lou Hamer” Democrat—was 66 years old when he unexpectedly died from heart failure.
Suspicions swirled around his death, with Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan and the National Conference of Black Lawyers offering to pay for an independent autopsy. Despite Hinds County, Miss., coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart insisting that the elder Lumumba died of natural causes, the county supervisor, Kenny Stokes, sparked headlines when he asked, “Who killed the mayor?”
Chokwe Antar Lumumba did not publicly comment on the rumors, instead focusing on his father’s legacy. Still, he did not hesitate to make it clear that he was running not on his family’s name but on his own credentials and commitment to his people and the city of Jackson as a whole.
“I believe that even though my father was a great man, this journey was never about an individual. It is, was about the people—so the people’s platform and the people’s will still need to be heard. We are running on a platform of compassion, justice and human rights,” Lumumba told the Final Call in 2014.
Chokwe Lumumba and Chokwe Antar Lumumba (Lumumba for Mayor)
Lumumba may have lost that special mayoral election to replace his father to then-Councilman Tony Yarber, but he owned the election Tuesday night from the very start.
Lumumba is managing partner of Lumumba & Associates and a member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tuskegee University in 2005 and earned his Juris Doctor degree and a certificate in sports and entertainment law from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.
Lumumba is a founding member of the Mississippi Human Rights Collective, co-organizing the “Stand Up to Take It Down” rally at the state Capitol to support the removal of the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi state flag. He currently serves as the media representative of the Coalition for Economic Justice and was instrumental in co-authoring “The People’s Platform.”
This is the revolutionary Deep South that most people don’t recognize, but they will soon.
Jackson is rising. Mississippi is rising.
Pay attention.
Chockwe WINS!!
Chokwe Antar Lumumba (Lumumba for Mayor)
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34—son of the late Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and community activist Nubia Lumumba—is the new mayor-elect of Jackson, Miss., beating Republican challenger Jason Wells in a landslide victory.
The Jackson Free Press reports:
With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Lumumba had 23,175 votes, or 93 percent. Republican Wells had 900 votes, or 4 percent. Jaclyn Mask had 572 votes, or 2 percent, and Kenneth Swarts 175 votes, or 1 percent. Lumumba will take office in July.
“We have a lot of work to do,” Lumumba said at the King Edward Hotel as he acknowledged his win. “If you have the best ideas, that’s what we’re moving with.”
Supporters shouted, “One City, One Aim, One Destiny!” as Lumumba declared victory.
As The Root previously reported, Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber conceded the Democratic primary to Lumumba last month when it became clear that the people of Jackson had made a clear decision: Choke Antar Lumumba would be their next mayor and continue the radical and transformative work that shaped his parents’ lives—and his own—and would lead Jackson into a revolutionary future.
#JxnRising: Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson, Miss., Mayoral Primary Race, Looks Forward to June…
Still, Tuesday night was a long time coming.
After the elder Lumumba’s unexpected death in 2014 after less than a year in office, his son, Chokwe Antar, announced that he would run to continue his father’s mission, which included amplifying and expanding the work of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, New Afrikan People’s Organization and Cooperation Jackson and building upon the People’s Platform.
The elder Lumumba—beloved organizer; attorney for Tupac and Assata Shakur; founder of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement; leader of the Republic of New Afrika, an organization that advocated for an independent predominantly black government in the southeastern United States and reparations for slavery; and proud “Fannie Lou Hamer” Democrat—was 66 years old when he unexpectedly died from heart failure.
Suspicions swirled around his death, with Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan and the National Conference of Black Lawyers offering to pay for an independent autopsy. Despite Hinds County, Miss., coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart insisting that the elder Lumumba died of natural causes, the county supervisor, Kenny Stokes, sparked headlines when he asked, “Who killed the mayor?”
Chokwe Antar Lumumba did not publicly comment on the rumors, instead focusing on his father’s legacy. Still, he did not hesitate to make it clear that he was running not on his family’s name but on his own credentials and commitment to his people and the city of Jackson as a whole.
“I believe that even though my father was a great man, this journey was never about an individual. It is, was about the people—so the people’s platform and the people’s will still need to be heard. We are running on a platform of compassion, justice and human rights,” Lumumba told the Final Call in 2014.
Chokwe Lumumba and Chokwe Antar Lumumba (Lumumba for Mayor)
Lumumba may have lost that special mayoral election to replace his father to then-Councilman Tony Yarber, but he owned the election Tuesday night from the very start.
Lumumba is managing partner of Lumumba & Associates and a member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tuskegee University in 2005 and earned his Juris Doctor degree and a certificate in sports and entertainment law from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.
Lumumba is a founding member of the Mississippi Human Rights Collective, co-organizing the “Stand Up to Take It Down” rally at the state Capitol to support the removal of the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi state flag. He currently serves as the media representative of the Coalition for Economic Justice and was instrumental in co-authoring “The People’s Platform.”
This is the revolutionary Deep South that most people don’t recognize, but they will soon.
Jackson is rising. Mississippi is rising.
Pay attention.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 7:49 pm to Jim Smith
His father represented Tupac, so he's got mad street cred and what not.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 7:50 pm to Jim Smith
Can't be worse than what BR and NOLA are working with.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 7:50 pm to Jim Smith
Looks like jackson is trying to change their image
Posted on 6/7/17 at 7:53 pm to Jim Smith
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Chcokwe won with 93% of the vote.
Jackson was a lost cause before Chokwe the Elder was mayor.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 7:53 pm to Jim Smith
Elected the son of a former mayor is working out well for New Orleans. I'm sure Jackson will see similar results.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 7:55 pm to Jim Smith
We wuz kangs
Posted on 6/7/17 at 7:56 pm to Jim Smith
He'll get busted on corruption charges sooner or later.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 8:01 pm to Jim Smith
Stupid fricking slavery.
frick John Wilkes Boothe too.
frick John Wilkes Boothe too.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 8:02 pm to Jim Smith
Jackson fulfilling its destiny as a West African dictatorship
Posted on 6/7/17 at 8:09 pm to Jim Smith
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Posted on 6/7/17 at 8:12 pm to Jim Smith
Jackson - "Here Nola and BR, hold my beer"
Posted on 6/7/17 at 8:40 pm to Jim Smith
Yeah it's pretty disappointing.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 8:41 pm to Jim Smith
I remember the old man. He was a city councilman when I lived in Jackson. He was nutty
Posted on 6/7/17 at 8:43 pm to Jim Smith
I hate to stereotype, but that guy looks corrupt. (stereotypes exist for a reason)
Posted on 6/7/17 at 8:43 pm to Jim Smith
quote:
With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Lumumba had 23,175 votes, or 93 percent.
Goddaaaayum
Posted on 6/7/17 at 8:53 pm to Jim Smith
So glad I don't live in Mississippi
Posted on 6/7/17 at 9:09 pm to Jim Smith
quote:There will never again be a white mayor of Jackson, MS
As of the census[62] of 2010, there were 173,514 people, and 62,400 households. The population density was 1,562.5 inhabitants per square mile (603.3/km2). There were 74,537 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 79.4% Black or African American, 18.4% White or Euro American, 0.1% Native American, 0.4% Asian, and 0.9% from two or more races. 1.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.[63] Non-Hispanic Whites were 18% of the population in 2010
Posted on 6/7/17 at 9:40 pm to Jim Smith
Where are Dale Danks and Kane Ditto
Posted on 6/7/17 at 9:57 pm to Jim Smith
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an organization that advocated for an independent predominantly black government in the southeastern United States
How is there no recourse for this?
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