,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ghj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,december #aa1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,conyers submitted the following  
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,,resolution  ,honoring the   
life1 accomplishments1 and legacy of    
,chokwe ,lumumba4  ,whereas ,chokwe     
,lumumba was born on ,august #b1 #aidg1 
as ,edwin ,taliaferro1 to ,lucien and   
,priscilla ,taliaferro in ,detroit1     
,michigan2 ,whereas ,chokwe ,lumumba was
 a staunch advocate for                 
,african-,american self-determination   
and equality under the law in the       
,united ,states2 ,whereas throughout his
 life1 ,chokwe ,lumumba worked to defend
 the rights of ,african-,american       
activists and communities1 and opposed  
human rights violations throughout the  
world2 ,whereas growing up as a young   
man1 ,chokwe ,lumumba experienced racism
 first hand1 from white only restaurants
 that would not serve his family to     

housing and job discrimination in his   
community1 and became a political       
activist engaging in protest activities 
and raising money for the ,student      
,national ,coordinating ,committee      
7,,sncc72 ,whereas because of the racism
 he experienced as a young man1 ,chokwe 
,lumumba developed a level of social    
consciousness that grew as he           
internalized the racist acts of the     
,civil ,rights ,era1 such as the killing
 of ,emmitt ,till1 the #afth ,street    
,baptist ,church bombing1 and the       
assassinations of ,malcolm ,x and       
,medgar ,evers2 ,whereas like many other
 young ,black activists during the      
,civil ,rights ,era1 ,chokwe ,lumumba   
took on a deep radical activism         
following the assassination of ,dr4     
,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr41 becoming a 
leading figure of the ,new ,afrika      
,republic movement and adopting the     
names of an ,african tribe and the slain
 ,congolese revolutionary ,patrice      
,lumumba2 ,whereas in #aifi1 ,chokwe    

,lumumba graduated from ,kalamazoo      
,college1 where he formed the ,black    
,united ,front student movement which   
advocated for the establishment of      
,african-,american studies departments  
at universities throughout the ,midwest2
 ,whereas in #aige1 ,chokwe ,lumumba    
graduated first in his class from ,wayne
 ,state ,university ,law ,school1 where 
he advocated for fair grading procedures
 and support programs for               
,african-,american students2 ,whereas   
upon graduating law school1 ,chokwe     
,lumumba became an advocate for the     
protection of ,black communities in     
,detroit1 against attacks by local      
police1 and established the ,malcolm ,x 
,center to train young ,black activists 
and teach the dismantling of racism and 
inspirations of ,black pride2 ,whereas  
as an attorney ,chokwe ,lumumba defended
 individuals and groups whose human     
rights were violated1 and took on a host
 of high-profile and controversial      
cases1 including that of ,black         

activists ,hayward ,brown and ,fulani   
,sunni ,ali1 rapper ,tupac ,shakur1 and 
former ,black ,panther ,party members   
,geronimo ,pratt and ,assata ,shakur2   
,whereas in #aihe1 ,chokwe ,lumumba     
became active in the movement against   
apartheid in ,south ,africa1 training   
and motivating ,african-,american youth 
to become active in the fight against   
global racial injustice2 ,whereas in    
#aihg1 ,chokwe ,lumumba co-founded the  
,national ,coalition of ,blacks for     
,reparations in ,america 7,n',,cobra7   
and was a key partner in the national   
effort to foster a dialogue on the      
continuing impact of the transatlantic  
slave trade2 ,whereas in light of the   
political opportunities for             
,african-,americans in the south created
 by the ,civil ,rights movement1 ,chokwe
 ,lumumba transformed his radical       
activism and adopted more inclusive     
tactics to establish political power1   
becoming elected to the ,jackson1       
,mississippi ,city ,council in #bjji and

 ,jackson1 ,mississippi ,office of the  
,mayor in #bjac2 ,whereas ,chokwe       
,lumumba as ,city ,councilman and ,mayor
 never renounced his goal for           
,african-,american self-determination   
and equality1 but instead worked within 
the government structure to organize new
 social and economic networks that      
created unprecedented coalitions across 
racial and political lines2 and ,whereas
 ,chokwe ,lumumba leaves a legacy that  
will guide and inspire generations to   
come3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the 
,house of ,representatives--  7#a7      
honors the life1 accomplishments1 and   
legacy of the dedicated political       
activist1 community leader1 and man of  
the people ,chokwe ,lumumba2 and  7#b7  
extends its heartfelt sympathies and    
condolences to the members of the family
 of the late ,chokwe ,lumumba4