Leading black mayors

Chokwe Lumumba

“Applying a philosophy against imperialism to the practice of repairing streets” are the words of Jackson, Miss.’ Mayor Chokwe Lumumba. Although conservatives have labeled him “extremist” and “militant,” his goal is not to separate but uplift the city with a population of 177,000, 80 percent of whom are African American.

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