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The post of Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, was begun in 1834 and was originally referred to as "President of Selectmen" before being changed to "Mayor". Harvey Johnson Jr. elected in 1997 became the city's first black mayor. All of the mayors since have also been African American. The following individuals have held the office:
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. In 2024, Lumumba and other officials in the state were indicted on corruption charges. [3]
This category is for people who held the office of mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. Pages in category "Mayors of Jackson, Mississippi" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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 served as a human rights lawyer in Michigan and Mississippi. In 2013, after serving on the City Council, he was elected as Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. His son Chokwe Antar Lumumba was elected Mayor of Jackson in 2017. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, as Edwin Finley Taliaferro, and was raised there. [1]
While the JMAA's four board members and CEO are appointed by the city's mayor and approved by the Jackson City Council, the Metropolitan Area Airport Authority would consist of the nine following ...
“It’s humiliating to our residents. They’re frustrated,” Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said of residents in Jackson, Mississippi amid its ongoing The post Jackson Mayor on water crisis in ...
Three officials from Jackson, Mississippi, including Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba have been indicted as part of a bribery scandal. The case involved two undercover FBI agents posing as Nashville ...