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Disgraced Democrat Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba Fesses Up To $50,000 Bribery Scheme
Former Democratic Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy in a six-figure real estate bribery scheme.
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About Chokwe Antar Lumumba
Chokwe Antar Lumumba is an American attorney, activist, and politician who served as the 53rd mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 2017 to 2025. He was elected in 2017 at age 34, becoming the youngest person elected mayor in the city's history. Lumumba is the son of former Jackson mayor and civil rights attorney Chokwe Lumumba, who served as mayor from 2013 until his death in 2014.
Everything about Chokwe Antar Lumumba →- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 29, 1983