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Chokwe Antar Lumumba
Chokwe Antar Lumumba (born March 29, 1983) is an American attorney, activist, and politician serving as the List of mayors of Jackson, Mississippi, 53rd mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, the 7th consecutive African-American to hold the position. He was first elected in 2017 Jackson mayoral election, 2017. In the primary, Lumumba soundly won the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nomination, defeating both incumbent mayor Tony Yarber and State Senator John Horhn. Lumumba went on to win the general election in a landslide. He is a self-described Progressivism in the United States, progressive and Socialism, socialist. Lumumba has also referred to himself as a political revolutionary. He is the son of former mayor and Black nationalism, Black nationalist activist Chokwe Lumumba, who served briefly as mayor of Jackson before his death in 2014. Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi Lumumba was elected mayor in June 2017 with 93% of the vote. The Nation commented that "Lumumba lit up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Jackson Mayoral Election
The 2017 mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi took place on June 6, 2017, alongside other Jackson municipal races. Chokwe Antar Lumumba, son of late former mayor Chokwe Lumumba was elected mayor in a landslide in the general election after defeating eight other candidates, including incumbent mayor Tony Yarber in the primary. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson Mayoral Election, 2017 2017 United States mayoral elections Mayoral elections in Jackson, Mississippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Jackson, Mississippi
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". The following individuals have held the office: President of Selectmen Mayors See also * Timeline of Jackson, Mississippi References Additional sources *Brinson, Carroll. ''Jackson/A Special Kind of Place.'' Jackson, MS: City of Jackson, 1977. LCCN 77-081145. External linksJackson, MS Mayor's Office - official website {{Mayors of Jackson, Mississippi Mayors of Jackson, Mississippi, Lists of mayors of places in Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Food Security
Food security speaks to the availability of food in a country (or geography) and the ability of individuals within that country (geography) to access, afford, and source adequate foodstuffs. According to the United Nations' Committee on World Food Security, food security is defined as meaning that all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy life. The availability of food irrespective of class, gender or region is another element of food security. There is evidence of food security being a concern many thousands of years ago, with central authorities in ancient China and ancient Egypt being known to release food from storage in times of famine. At the 1974 World Food Conference, the term "food security" was defined with an emphasis on supply; food security is defined as the "availability at all times of adequate, nourishing, diverse, bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Mayors In Mississippi
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self-iden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Births
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Beast
''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008. It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 2015 interview, former editor-in-chief John Avlon described the ''Beast''s editorial approach: "We seek out scoops, scandals, and stories about secret worlds; we love confronting bullies, bigots, and hypocrites." In 2018, Avlon described the ''Beast''s "strike zone" as "politics, pop culture, and power". History ''The Daily Beast'' began publishing on October 6, 2008. Its founding editor was Tina Brown, a former editor of ''Vanity Fair'' and ''The New Yorker'' as well as the short-lived ''Talk'' magazine. The name of the site was taken from a fictional newspaper in Evelyn Waugh's novel ''Scoop''. In 2010, ''The Daily Beast'' merged with the magazine ''Newsweek'' creating a combined company, The Newsweek Daily Beast Company. The merger en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson State University
Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a public historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is one of the largest HBCUs in the United States and the fourth largest university in Mississippi in terms of student enrollment. The university is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Jackson State University's athletic teams, the Tigers, participate in NCAA Division I athletics as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The university is also the home of the Sonic Boom of the South, a marching band founded in the 1940s. Their accompanying danceline, the ''Prancing J-Settes'', are well known for their unique style of dance, known as J-Setting. History Jackson State University developed from Natchez Seminary, founded October 23, 1877, in Natchez, Mississippi. The seminary was affiliated with the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HUD Secretary
The United States secretary of housing and urban development (or HUD secretary) is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the President of the United States, president's United States Cabinet, Cabinet, and thirteenth in the United States presidential line of succession, presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on September 9, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of () into law. The department's mission is "to increase Owner-occupier, homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination." Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is a Executive Schedule#Level I, Level I position in the Executive Schedule,. thus earning a salary of US Dollar, US$221,400, as of January 2021. , Marcia Fudge is the secretary of housing and urban development. List of secretaries of housing and urban dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Louise Fudge (born October 29, 1952) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 18th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, United States secretary of housing and urban development since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2008 to 2021. The district includes most of the black-majority precincts between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, Akron. Following the death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones in 2008, Fudge ran unopposed in the 2008 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, special election to replace her. She was chair of the Congressional Black Caucus in the 113th United States Congress, 113th Congress. She considered running for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives at the start of the 116th United States Congress, 116th Congress but eventually announced she would back Nancy Pelosi. Then president-elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Ohio's 11th Congressional District Special Election
On March 10, 2021, Marcia Fudge resigned her seat in the United States House of Representatives after being confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Biden administration. Governor Mike DeWine set the primary date for August 3, concurrent with the special election in Ohio's 15th congressional district. The general election was on November 2. Shontel Brown won both the competitive Democratic primary and the general election, and was sworn in on November 4. Democratic primary By early January 2021, former state senator Nina Turner, Cuyahoga County Council member Shontel Brown, and former Cleveland City Council member Jeff Johnson had all announced their candidacies. Turner was perceived as the progressive candidate in the race, while Brown was considered a moderate. Johnson portrayed himself as ideologically between the other two. Turner filed paperwork to register a committee by the name of "Nina for Us" with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Turner
Nina Hudson Turner ( Hudson; born December 7, 1967) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a Cleveland City Council member from 2006 to 2008 and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2008 until 2014. Turner was the Democratic nominee for Ohio Secretary of State in 2014, but lost in the general election against incumbent Jon Husted, receiving 35.5 percent of the vote. Her politics have been variously described as progressive, left-wing, or far-left. Turner supported Bernie Sanders in his 2016 presidential campaign, and became president of the Sanders-affiliated group Our Revolution in 2017. She served as a national co-chair of Sanders's 2020 presidential campaign. Turner ran in the Democratic primary for 2021 special election for Ohio's 11th congressional district, and conceded the race after losing to Shontel Brown by a margin of 5.66% of the vote. Turner unsuccessfully challenged Brown for the seat again in 2022, garnering 33.5% of the vote to Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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