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Chokwe Antar Lumumba (born March 29, 1983) is an American attorney, activist, and politician serving as the 53rd mayor [1] of Jackson, Mississippi, [2] the 7th consecutive African-American to hold the position. He was first elected in 2017. In the primary, Lumumba soundly [3] won the Democratic nomination, defeating both incumbent mayor Tony ...
Jackson, MS: City of Jackson, 1977. LCCN 77-081145. ... Jackson, MS Mayor's Office - official website This page was last edited on 4 December 2022, at 10:53 (UTC ...
Jackson State University. Occupation. Pastor. Elementary school principal. Tony Yarber (born April 16, 1978) is an American pastor, educator and politician in Jackson, Mississippi. He was elected as Mayor of Jackson in April 2014 from special election following the death in office of Chokwe Lumumba. [1] A native of Jackson and experienced city ...
He earned a Master of Science in educational administration from Jackson State University in 1972. Thompson was a schoolteacher in Madison, Mississippi. He served as an alderman (1969–1973) and then mayor of Bolton (1973–1980) before being elected to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors, on which he served from 1980 to 1993.
Mayor's Office. Harvey Johnson Jr. (born December 21, 1946), [1] [2] is an American politician from Mississippi. He was elected in 1997 as the first African American Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, serving two terms. He was known for his achievements in gaining reinvestment in the city to revitalize downtown. He ran again in 2009 and was elected.
Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S. Political party. Democratic. John Kane Ditto (born May 18, 1944) is an American politician and formerly the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. [1] Ditto, a Democrat, served as Mayor of the City of Jackson from July 3, 1989 [2] until July 1997. Ditto was previously elected to the ...
Frank Ervin Melton (March 19, 1949 – May 7, 2009) was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, United States, from 4 July 2005 until his death on 7 May 2009.Melton, an African American, defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Johnson, who had served two terms.
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Biography. Scott was born on November 20, 1876, in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. [1] He attended high school in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. [1] He then managed a hardware store in Yazoo City. [1] He moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1908, after accepting a position in a hardware store there. [1] [3] He became the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi ...
Born. 1932 or 1933 (age 90–91) Political party. Democratic. Education. B.A. Alcorn State University. M.A. University of Southern California. Charles Tillman (born 1932/1933) [1] is an American politician who served on the Jackson, Mississippi City council for twelve years and as acting mayor after the death of Chokwe Lumumba, becoming the 5th ...