Election is bigger than ‘Little Chokwe’: It’s about refusing to be further pulled apart – Jackson Advocate

Election is bigger than ‘Little Chokwe’: It’s about refusing to be further pulled apart – Jackson Advocate

Publisher’s Note:  By DeAnna Tisdale Johnson As our city once again enters the heat of an election season, I find myself reflecting deeply on the weight of legacy – and the responsibility that comes with it. My father believed in this city. He gave his life to it, in many ways, just as the late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba did. I see the parallels between the life I grew up in and the one Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba now lives. We are both children of men…