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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)
Nationality US
Alma mater •  Kalamazoo College
•  Wayne State University
Victim ofPremature death.jpg premature 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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