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In the 1960s, the US, Belgium and a pliant UN helped overthrow Patrice Lumumba whose ideas of African unity and independence ...
The City of Jackson is finally paying its bills, at least some of them. Twice the issue has been brought up by members of the ...
Lumumba then called a city employee and directed them to move the deadline to April 15. The indictment shows a picture of Lumumba, sitting next to Owens, making the phone call.
Former Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba reopened Thalia Mara Hall on his last day in office. But current Jackson Mayor John Hohrn ...
Mayor John Horhn is scrapping "The Pulse at Farish Street" — a project unveiled in January under former Mayor Chokwe Antar ...
Lumumba had led a protest there against discriminatory grading practices, and returned to support the students even after he graduated. Chandler and Ice, who are married, met each other much later ...
Lumumba’s time in office lasted a mere 67 days. The month before, in what must be considered the most shameful chapter of his presidency, Eisenhower ordered the CIA to kill Lumumba.
Lumumba drew support from national progressives like Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean's Democracy for America for a reason. "We have two options," Lumumba said to a rousing call-and-response.
Lumumba begins speaking around 1:20:00. The People's Summit is a conference focused on social, racial and economic justice and supported by National Nurses United and other progressive groups.
“Lumumba” is potent stuff. Complex, powerful, intensely dramatic, its compelling depiction of an African political tragedy echoes Woodrow Wilson’s apocryphal remark about the couldn’t-be ...
Lumumba also directed the agents to pay cash to employees of the club for his benefit. When Lumumba arrived back in Jackson on April 4, the five $10,000 checks were deposited into his campaign ...