Chokwe Lumumba, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
Chokwe Lumumba (; August 2, 1947 – February 25, 2014) was an American attorney and politician, affiliated with the Republic of New Afrika and serving as its second vice president. 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. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, as Edwin Finley Taliaferro, and was raised there, attending local schools.He changed his name in 1969 after joining the Republic of New Afrika.