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Chokwe Lumumba
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Chokwe Lumumba on July 10, 2013.
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| Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi | |
| In office July 1, 2013 – February 25, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Harvey Johnson, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Charles Tillman (acting) |
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Edwin Finley Taliaferro
August 2, 1947 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | February 25, 2014 (aged 66) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Website | http://www.electlumumbamayor.com/ |
Chokwe Lumumba (born Edwin Finley Taliaferro; August 2, 1947 – February 25, 2014) was an American politician. He was the Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. Lumumba was born in Detroit, Michigan as Edwin Finley Taliaferro, a name he referred to as his "slave name".
Lumumba died on February 25, 2014 at the St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. He was aged 66. The cause of death was not made clear, though Jackson City Council president Charles Tillman, who was sworn in as acting mayor, said he had a meeting with Lumumba the previous day and that he had a cold. City Councilman Quentin Whitwell told reporters that Lumumba died of heart failure.