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Chokwe Lumumba

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba welcomed lawmakers and encouraged them to spend money in the capital ...

Mayor Chokwe Lumumba.

Mayor Chokwe Lumumba.

Mayor Chokwe Lumumba.

Mayor Lumumba.

Mayor Lumumba.

Mayor Chokwe Lumumba takes it all in as he waits for the numbers.

Lumumba and members of his staff hear the numbers from last night's vote on the ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba came into office with an eye on addressing some of Jackson's ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba has said that his previous experience working with former Gov. Haley ...

Mayor Chokwe Lumumba has said the one-percent sales tax will help bring the city's water ...

File photo: Mayor Chokwe Lumumba's plan to empower the people of Jackson by having Jackson ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and Clarence Chapman, president of Chartre Consulting Ltd., helped break ground ...

Mayor Chokwe Lumumba stands out outside his former law office on Mill Street, a bumpy ...

Mayor Chokwe Lumumba announced the nominations of Lindsey Horton, new police chief (left), and Willie ...

Lumumba urges every Jacksonian to get out and vote.

Chokwe Lumumba took the oath of office on July 1, 2013.

Chokwe Lumumba believes the best way to lift Jackson’s economy is to put money in ...

Lumumba speaks on election night.

Lumumba, pictured with wife, Nubia, said Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Kwame Toure (nee ...

Chokwe Lumumba celebrates with his son and daughter following his nomination in the Democratic primary ...

Pictured here with his children, Rukia (center, top) and Chokwe (center, bottom) and wife, Nubia ...

Activist and lawyer Chokwe Lumumba has tempered his fiery rhetoric while preserving his message of ...

Ward 2 Councilman Chokwe Lumumba announced Thursday he will run for mayor of Jackson in ...

Chokwe Lumumba at the MC Law debate -- May 17, 2013.

Attorney Chokwe Lumumba delivered a petition with 24,000 signatures to Gov. Haley Barbour's office Nov. ...

Jackson attorney Chokwe Lumumba announced his intention to run for the Ward 2 City Council ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba convinced the Jackson City Council to pass his massive $502.5 million ...

The moment before Chokwe Lumumba walked onstage to be sworn in as mayor of Jackson. ...

Chokwe Lumumba holds his son and daughter's hands as he walks in the Clarion Hotel's ...