Wednesday, July 5, 2017

The Challenge in Jackson, Mississippi - To Govern or Transform (Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report)


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The political organization of Jackson's first Mayor Lumumba was divided. Some wanted to embed themselves in Mississippi's black political class, while others aimed for a far reaching transformation of the local economy, relying on collective uplift and cooperative enterprises. It's been three years. The eyes of black and working class America are on Jackson Mississippi once again. Will the city be merely governed, or will it be transformed?

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