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Trump Spoke at the Opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in What Was Essentially a Photo Op
President Donald Trump has made it pretty clear how he feels about black people. He has refused to condemn white nationalists and routinely calls out black pro football players for protesting police brutality. So why would the hater in chief accept an invitation to speak at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in…
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Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba Declines to Share Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Stage With White Supremacist in Chief
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Jackson, Miss.’s revolutionary mayor, will not be sharing the stage with President Donald Trump at the grand opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum this Saturday, the Clarion Ledger reports. “I believe that Trump’s presence is a distraction. His policies don’t reflect his statements that this is a movement that will bring…
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Watch: How Mayor Lumumba Is Rewriting the Story of Jackson, Miss.
“If we see an opportunity for change, then I believe we should be as radical as the circumstances dictate we should be.” —Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba The Root 100 honoree Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the youngest mayor in Jackson, Miss., history, talks about how he plans to bring about change in the above video.
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#JXNRising: Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson, Miss., Mayoral Race
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…
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#JxnRising: Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson, Miss., Mayoral Primary Race, Looks Forward to June General Election
The votes are in. Winning over 55 percent of the vote against eight other candidates, attorney Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34—son of the late Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and community activist Nubia Lumumba—has won the Jackson Democratic mayoral primary race. Lumumba’s leading opposition, Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham and five-term state Sen. John Horhn (D-Jackson),…