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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 ...
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 ...
Mary Hawkins Butler (born December 12, 1953) has served since 1981 as the Republican Party mayor of Madison in suburban Jackson, Mississippi. She is serving her tenth consecutive four-year term. First elected to office at age twenty-eight, she is among the longest-serving mayors in the United States. Career
St. Peter's church dedicated. 1847 - Mississippi Institute for the Blind founded. [6] 1858 - New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad in operation. [8] 1861. January 7: Secession Convention begins. [5] City becomes Confederate capital of Mississippi.
Howard University ( BA) University of Pennsylvania ( MA) Shirley Clarke Franklin (born May 10, 1945) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party who served as the 58th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 2002 to 2010. She currently serves as a member on the board of directors for both Delta Air Lines and Mueller Water Products.
Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds County.The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, a significant decline from 173,514, or 11.42%, since the 2010 census, representing the largest decline in population during the decade of any major U.S. city.
Conger was born August 2, 1984. [1] He is the grandson of Robert D. Conger (1928-2011), [2] who served as Jackson's mayor from 1967-1989. [3] He received a bachelor's degree from Lane College. While there, he received the Tradition Award and Outstanding Young Alumni from the National Alumni Council of the UNCF.
The mayor of Meridian, Mississippi is elected every four years by the population at large. Being the chief executive officer of the city, the mayor is responsible for administering and leading the day-to-day operations of city government. The current mayor of the city is Jimmie Smith, who was elected in 2021. [1]
The mayor's office is located at Cleveland City Hall at 601 Lakeside Avenue in Downtown Cleveland. Since 1836, the city has had a total of 54 mayors, including the city's current mayor, Justin Bibb , encompassing 58 mayoral administrations, as four mayors have served in non-consecutive terms.
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.