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Chokwe Lumumba wins Jackson mayoral race
Winning the Democratic primary was considered Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s biggest obstacle in his Jackson, Miss. mayoral race. That couldn’t have been more of an understatement.
New Black Politicians, Yvette Simpson and Chokwe Lumumba, Emerge In Mayoral Primaries
Young, Black leaders in Cincinnati, Oh. and Jackson, Miss. secured meaningful victories in mayoral primary races this week.
Radical mayor Chokwe Lumumba dead at 66
Jackson, Mississippi, mayor Chokwe Lumumba has died. He was 66. Before becoming involved in Jackson politics, Lumumba was a lawyer and human rights activist.
Civil Rights Activist Chokwe Lumumba Elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
Civil rights activist and ex-black nationalist Chokwe Lumumba has been elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.
‘We Need To Be Rethinking Our Response To This’: An Interview with dream hampton
Days after clinching the U.S. presidency in November, Donald Trump appointed Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as his pick for Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice. From stating he was once “okay with the Ku Klux Klan” until he learned they smoked marijuana, to prosecuting Black activists in the decades following the fall of […]
BYP 100’s Albert Sykes to receive Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Award
The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute will recognize six agents of change during its 2014 Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Awards Luncheon on Friday. The honorees will receive the Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Award, and BYP 100 member Albert Sykes is among them.
Progressive wing of the DNC shaken up in an act signaling a move away from Sanders
The Democratic National Committee’s Chairman Tom Perez sent shock-waves throughout the Democratic Party and the realm of politics in a move that signals what he wants the party to look like going forward. Perez stripped 75 members of the committee of their “at-large” status, members who were either Bernie Sanders or Keith Ellison loyalists and […]