Why dont the Electoral College and popular vote always match up? [7], In 2009, Yarber entered city politics, running for the Jackson City Council from Ward 6. On July 3, 2017, Chokwe Antar Lumumba became the 53rd mayor of the City of Jackson, Mississippi. "Mayoral Race: Personal Profile of Tony Yarber", "Chokwe Antar Lumumba sworn in as Jackson mayor", "Mayor Yarber Responds to Sex Allegations", "Mayor Tony Yarber Preaches Plans for Jackson", "Some Mayors Defeated in Mississippi Municipal Primaries", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Yarber&oldid=1108021960, University of Southern Mississippi alumni, 21st-century African-American politicians, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 2 September 2022, at 04:03. Lumumba argues that veteran local officials are put off by his ideas and youth a challenge that he says fellow Black Southern mayors like Woodfin in Birmingham or Steven Reed in Montgomery, Ala., have also faced. "Ebony has been a real trooper ever since Alak was born," Chokwe said. Soon, he decided to run for mayor, despite having no political experience. At left, Lumumba distributes food at a drive-through food bank on March 6. Ebony sat at the table waiting for her food as everyone else's orders came out of the kitchen, wondering why she was the only one without her meal. "But, not connecting until the right time. Hes spent more time bailing the city out of its problems than forging new paths. Neither has the profile, funding or experience Lumumba does. They lost the late Chokwe Lumumba in February 2014, and Chokwe and Ebony's first child, Alak Maryama, was born three weeks after that. 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In April 2018, when the Jackson Zoo announced plans to consider moving from its current West Jackson location, Lumumba joined Working Together Jackson, the Zoo Area Progressive Partnership, Rosemont Missionary Baptist Church and other community groups, in an effort to prevent the zoo from moving. Yarber served as a committee member for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. They wouldn't see each other for years after that game until Chokwe was nearly finished with his law degree from Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in Houston. After a short prayer from a local pastor, the city fire chief picked up a dusty red hose that snaked from a water truck in the back of the parking lot, aimed it squarely at the shiny red fire engines, readied himself for a gush of water, and then, well, nothing. Some say that the job is maybe the worst in Mississippi politics because the problems are so deep, the opposition so fierce. But none of these residents blamed Lumumba for the citys problems. Lumumba has had limited success fighting rising crime and fixing Jacksons ailing infrastructure. These citations, which require recipients to appear in court within 10 days, can only be issued if the accused: Under state code, a person can be charged with shoplifting if someone conceals merchandise with the intent to steal it, meaning an individual does not have to physically leave the store with an unpaid-for item to be charged. The Lumumbas are expecting a second daughter in March to be named Nubia Ngozi after Chokwe's late mother. It took more than four weeks for the city to lift the boil water advisory for all residents. The capital city of Mississippi, Jackson has 200,000 residents, of whom While the schools are not directly rivals, Morehouse College, which is across the street from Spelman and intertwined with it in many ways, has a sports rivalry with Tuskegee. Rory Doyle for POLITICO Magazine. The cars started pulling up about 20 minutes later, even before the arrival of the youth volunteers. He is a self-described progressive and socialist. Lumumba, 34, defeated the business-friendly incumbent Mayor Tony Yarber after losing to National admiration doesnt necessary translate to local success. "And so I'm grateful for the aspect of my identity that is Jackson, and I want my daughters to be able to have a similar experience where they're very proud of where they come from. Ebony said. More recently, Lumumba has been focused on making a concrete case for his reelection. I know its not his fault, Hunt says. "I am not yet a morning person," she said. Jessica Conger and Massey entered Jackson City Courtat 2:15 p.m. Jessica Conger received the citation about one month afterher husband became Jackson's mayor. She went through a drawer and found the receipt paper from the store with Chokwe's handwritten phone number on it. It made him perhaps the highest-profile member of a new generation of Black mayors in the South combining progressive policy with social justice and civil rights. Nous, Yahoo, faisons partie de la famille de marques Yahoo. While the schools are not directly rivals, Morehouse College, which is across the street from Spelman and intertwined with it in many ways, has a sports rivalry with Tuskegee. Ebony is excited to raise her daughters in the very place that nurtured her, her siblings and her man, she said. A federal prisoner in the Federal Correctional Complex in Yazoo City pled guilty to assault on a federal officer. Chokwe also had two Chuck E. Cheese's medallions representative of that party he missed decades before. [12] A city investigation discovered that the Jackson Zoological Society had mismanaged funds and failed to pay $6 million in water bills. (But) I saw him get off the plane, and I was very happy to see him.". They say hes doing the best he can under the circumstances. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) A quick glance at recent statewide election results in the Bluegrass State would give the sense that Democratic Gov. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Lumumba still wants to address Jacksons problems crime, poverty and, yes, potholes. Jackson, Miss. He never thought he knew it all.. By the evening of May 7, 2013, it was announced that Lumumba had forced (AP) The mayor of Mississippi's capital was 5 years old when his parents moved their family from New York to Jackson in 1988 so that his father, who had been involved in a Black nationalist movement in the 1970s, could return to the unfinished business of challenging inequity and fighting racial injustice. Its a sort of modern-day take on the Republic of New Afrikas philosophy self-governance without secession. Not Lorean Young, a retiree who is slowly regaining water pressure in her house. As mayor, Lumumba has managed to take care of some of the basic issues that have bogged down Jackson for decades. After pressure from local media, he also is now publicly naming officers who shoot or kill people in Jackson. The Kings pled guilty on February 24, 2021. An official website of the United States government. Ebony went home to Jackson one weekend and stayed with her parents in her old room. Im thinking about filling potholes right now, he said when asked if he plans to run for Congress or governor. In fact, no one I spoke with thinks hes all that radical, or frankly even cares. 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Born and raised in Detroit, he became enamored with Jackson after he traveled there as a leader with the Republic of New Afrika, a Black separatist group that supported federal reparations and the creation of a majority-Black country in the South. Many in Jacksons Democratic leadership have been frustrated not just by Lumumbas vision, but by his youth, his brashness, his attitude, his confidence (or arrogance, depending whom you ask), his attempts to circumvent them, his casting them aside. "Six weeks, two months in, I'm like, 'Wait a minute, do I like him?'". He suggested they meet at the airport to see each other for the first time since the Tuskegee game. They all planned to vote for him. Communities with the increased threat of severe storms include Dallas-Fort Worth, Little Rock in Arkansas; Shreveport in Louisiana, Jackson in Mississippi and Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine? The weather felt more like London than Mississippi, and Lumumba dressed the part: skinny navy pants, brown houndstooth jacket and matching vest, with beige monk-strap shoes. In that kindergarten classroom, they read the Dr. Seuss book "Green Eggs and Ham" like most 5-year-olds do. He called the airline to get permission for Ebony to come to the gatea special privilege that is reserved for family members and spouses post-9/11. Some told me hes doing a great job, mostly because they finally have seen a specific potholed road get paved. Ebony was trying to hold back emotions in case he had just come as an early birthday surprise and not to proposeher birthday tends to fall around homecoming. Marcus Wallace, who is mayor of Edwards, a small town west of Jackson, owns a construction company that has done business with previous mayors. "I am not yet a morning person," she said. The following individuals have held the office: @media all and (max-width:720px){body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .tocright{display:none}.mw-parser-output .tocright{width:100%!important}}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tocright{float:right;clear:right;width:auto;margin:0 0 0.5em 1em}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-left{clear:left}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-both{clear:both}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-none{clear:none}}. [7], He is the son of former mayor and Black nationalist activist Chokwe Lumumba, who served briefly as mayor of Jackson before his death in 2014. He also stands by the process, which he said gave residents a chance to hear candidates platforms. Theres a new generation coming forward, Lumumba says. Because Jackson is majority-Democratic, if Lumumba wins the primary, hell most likely win the general election on June 8. Then began a more formal dating relationship that meant back and forth trips to Houston and Atlanta. [2][4] He attended Forest Hill High School in Jackson. At bottom, campaign signs for local elections. | A few years Yarber also discussed Jackson's potential for growth as an entertainment hub, and as a "medical corridor. Back Mayor's Youth Council 311 Action Line. After a day of teaching at Tougaloo or seeking answers to Jackson's problems, the couple comes home to their 3-year-old daughter, Alak, whose Yoruba name means "one to be made much of.". Rory Doyle for POLITICO Magazine. When things are falling apart, and you feel a mess, I don't ever feel judged. Lumumba largely has avoided scandals that have plagued his predecessors. The day of his fathers death, he says, he prayed to God to put his fathers spirit in him. Jackson, MS 39201, Jackson: (601) 965-4480 How climate change and forest management make wildfires harder to contain, Disparity in police response: Black Lives Matter protests and Capitol riot. Lumumba pushes back, saying he stopped giving city business to some local contractors who he says had been pocketing city funds without doing the work, though he didnt mention Wallace or any other companies by name. Economically, the city has been in a long, slow decline for decades, set in motion in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy sent federal troops to the University of Mississippi in Oxford to force the school to admit a Black student named James Meredith. "This is amazing that I kept it. For the mayor in the perfectly tailored outfit, though, the failure of those hoses represents a kind of test. Mario King was sentenced to 30 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. "We don't often realize how much place and space become part of our identities," Ebony said. "[W]hen you're best friends, it feels more reassuring just about in every aspect of life," Ebony said. He had graduated from law school at Texas Southern University shortly before marrying his wife, Ebony, whom he met in kindergarten in North Jackson. Lumumba was elected mayor in June 2017 with 93% of the vote. And I don't know another person in my life that makes me feel that way. That means a lot. Gulfport: (228) 563-1560. He had changed his name to Chokwe Lumumba from Edwin Finley Taliaferro in the 1960s Chokwe after an African tribe that had long resisted the slave trade and Lumumba after the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba. This morning, however, Lumumba had a more pleasant task: christening the citys new firetrucks, which he called symbols that represent the protection of life and property.. Keeping their daughters in mind, they work to uplift the community that is the source of some of their best memories and nostalgia. The candidates all talk about what theyd like to do, she said. As in cities across the country, violent crime has spiked in Jackson during the pandemic. Chokwe transferred to their rival high schoolCallaway High School. Then, he decisively won the regular election three years later, avoiding a runoff in a crowded Democratic primary field and winning the general election with more than 90 percent of the vote. "That's what we mean by being in each other's orbit, sort of," she said. The water didnt come out. Now as Lumumba, who recently turned 38, runs for his second term, even he acknowledges he hasnt succeeded in achieving his vision. The former Mayor of Moss Point, Mississippi, and his wife were sentenced today for conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to the Mayors Gala Although, the mayor does admit to having a crush on Ebony when he was a kid. Yarber denied the allegations. The city has tried and failed for decades to revitalize the Farish Street area, but Lumumba believes that including more local input will finally kickstart development. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images. I tell him all the time he doesn't make me feel like I have to be anything but Ebony. When it comes to a far-left approach, I dont think thats the best way for the city of Jackson, says Banks, pointing out that Mississippi is still a very Republican state. Kellogg Foundation that focuses on early childhood education. Ebony was trying to hold back emotions in case he had just come as an early birthday surprise and not to proposeher birthday tends to fall around homecoming. He laid out an expansive vision of how Jackson could become a model for the country, promising to use City Hall to deliver not just better services, but a whole menu of new progressive ideas like universal basic income, co-operative businesses and alternatives to policing. Democratic lawmakers in Jackson and in other Southern cities like Birminghams Randall Woodfin, who also was supported by Our Revolution endorsed Biden, too. Hes fended off a state takeover of Jacksons school system. The two refer to their day-to-day interaction as ships passing in the night. In August 2007, Chokwe had a long layover in Atlanta where Ebony was living at the time. Jessica Conger was charged in July after allegedly failing to ring up and pay for 28 items totaling just over $84 at the self-checkout register at Walmart on Emporium Drive. According to this sister, he held just one peoples assembly about the budgeting process, in 2019, before Covid struck. Jackson is where my little girl was born. "But he was nice.". "No, go ahead and tell them about your crush on somebody else," Chokwe told the JFP at Surin at Thailand. It takes discipline to work through the problems, he says. "I have not yet matured in that fashion.". (But) I saw him get off the plane, and I was very happy to see him.". Lumumba, pictured at the event announcing the new firetrucks, is known for his style. "You know, trying to solidify this relationship.". Ebony said. After a speech in front of all of her friends, Chokwe fumbled for the ring that he had forgotten was in his back pocket, and ultimately popped the question. Even though theres no longer an official boil water advisory, many residents here still dont trust the citys water. "But he was nice.". Jackson has been under an EPA consent decree for almost a decade because wastewater plants arent properly treating its water. The process showed that Lumumba is out of step with Jackson, says city councilperson and pastor Aaron Banks, who served as the elder Lumumbas constituent services representative. And in a city that is 82 percent Black a higher rate than any other big city in the country he framed his promises in elevated, historical terms, promising to rewrite the story of race and commerce in the region from one of exploitation to one of empowerment. Then, in comes Chokwe with a plate of green eggs and ham in hand, and an engagement ring in his back pocket. Kentucky. When it comes to Jacksons roads, Lumumba has had limited success as well. He became City Council Vice President in 2011, and President in 2012. "You say I was your first friend," first lady Ebony Lumumba said to her husband and now-mayor of Jackson, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, in an interview with the Jackson Free Press. And we kind of kept going.". He has estimated that it would cost $2 billion just to replace the citys torn-up roads and fix its century-old water pipes and sewers. White residents began moving out of Jackson to avoid forced integration; eventually, wealthier Black residents moved out too, leaving a shrinking city where today nearly a quarter of the residents live below the poverty line. ", "I have these awesome pictures of friends that we know now, but he's not in them," Ebony said. Biography. Though he looked different from how she remembered him, Ebony said this was another instance that punctuated this planetary spin they were doing around each other throughout the years. Lumumbas dad he was practical, wise, Banks says. For Lumumba and other Black mayors in the South progressive change has its roots in local organizing, in focusing on the priorities of low-income Black residents who are often left out of decision-making processes. ' Kentucky Gov. Their teacher cooked green eggs and ham for the class, and Chokwe remembers his teacher getting in trouble for letting him eat pork. They both remember walking to school together with other kids in the neighborhood and playing together in their cul-de-sac after school. Ebony applied to doctoral programs, including two Mississippi schools, considering her relationship with Chokwe had been getting more serious. fax: 601-510-9019 She was shopping with her daughter, a toddler, at the time. It was this way before he got here.. Remembering George Floyd: A year of protest. Jackson has had seven mayors since 1997, when Harvey Johnson Jr. was elected as the citys first Black mayor. On the same day as the firetruck christening, a truck loaded with bottles of drinking water arrived at the parking lot of Forest Hill High School shortly after 8 a.m. Rory Doyle for POLITICO Magazine. And his political supporters say hes still learning the job and figuring out how to win support from the city council. From 2012 to 2015, Councilman Stokes served the people as a Hinds County Supervisor for The former Mayor of Moss Point, Mississippi, and his wife were sentenced today for conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to the Mayors Gala held in 2019, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Lumumbas bravado and inexperience have rubbed some in Jacksons Democratic establishment the wrong way. [1] A native of Jackson and experienced city councilor, Yarber is noted for his passion for youth causes, and has been described as "a consensus builder". "I'm thinking, this is game," she said. "As I get off the plane, I don't see hershe's hiding behind a pole," Chokwe said. "He rode the bus, too, thoughno, I'm kidding.". The concern is where do you get investment? Slectionnez Grer les paramtres pour grer vos prfrences. "I had twists in my hairI was trying to lock them," Chokwe said. Ebony is excited to raise her daughters in the very place that nurtured her, her siblings and her man, she said. [4] Lumumba went on to win the general election in a landslide. WebIn 1997, Harvey Johnson, Jr. was elected the first African American mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. A few years ago, Wallace invested $200,000 in equipment to fix potholes in Jackson, but he told me he hasnt gotten any business from the current mayor. Official websites use .gov Going into his second year of law school, he recalled seeing Ebony on Facebook and sending her a message because she was still in Atlanta, and he wanted to connect with her at a friend's upcoming wedding there. He argues that Lumumba has focused on fixing highly visible streets but has neglected those where poor Black residents live. I wouldnt call us the most radical city to date, Lumumba said over the phone in late February, when the city was still in the grip of its most recent water crisis. pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge, Walmart's loss prevention policies and law enforcement's role, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy, Live in Madison County or one of its border counties. [2] He is married and has three children. First, though, he has show that being radical isnt just a good campaign line it also has to fix the potholes, clean up the water and end the nightly staccato of gunshots. So I literally have seen my cycle of life and development in so many ways here. He also said the city should fix its water billing issues before raising taxes: They understand now that they have to get that fixed long before the request of asking other taxpayers throughout the state or other taxpayers throughout the nation to bail out the Jackson water system.. Last year, the city council approved a budget that raised police pay to recruit new officers, a move that upset local activists. Her best friend seems to feel the same way. Lumumbas older sister, Rukia, who moved to Jackson from New York to run her brothers campaign in 2016, told me she was surprised her brother, who had never shown an interest in elected office, ended up running. Chokwe, Ebony and Alak Lumumba (front) at the 2017 Jackson mayoral inauguration. 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