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The People of Jackson Are Ready: Chokwe Antar Lumumba in conversation with Kiese Laymon
- Southern Cultures
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Volume 25, Number 3, Fall 2019
- pp. 118-125
- 10.1353/scu.2019.0035
- Article
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Abstract:
Chokwe Antar Lumumba has served as the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, since 2017. He spoke with Jackson-born memoirist, novelist, and essayist Kiese Laymon in June 2019 about their shared love of the city and its people. This interview has been edited and condensed for publication.