Chokwe Lumumba

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Person.png Chokwe Lumumba  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
BornAugust 2, 1947
Detroit, Michigan
DiedFebruary 25, 2014 (Age 66)
NationalityUS
Alma materKalamazoo College, Wayne State University
Victim ofpremature death
PartyDemocratic Party (United States)
Black nationalist mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. Premature death in office "following complaints of a cold"

Chokwe Lumumba was an American attorney, activist, and politician, who was affiliated with black nationalist groups. He worked as a human rights lawyer in Michigan and Mississippi. In 2013, he was elected as Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.

Death

Lumumba died on February 25, 2014, at the age of 66.[1] City officials said he died at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. The cause of death was not immediately clear since Sharon Grisham-Stewart, the Hinds County coroner, refused[2] to perform an autopsy after Lumumba's mysterious death following complaints of a cold. Hinds County Supervisor Kenneth Stokes and others believe Lumumba was assassinated.[3]


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