Chokwe Lumumba, of Jackson, Mississippi, died Feb. 25, at the age of 66. He was mayor of Jackson, Mississippi at the time of his death. Born Edwin Finley Taliaferro in Detroit, Mr. Lumumba was a graduate of Kalamazoo College and a 1975 graduate of Wayne State Law School. His extensive history as a civil rights lawyer is described in this obituary in yesterday's New York Times.