Stokes, Carl Burton

Carl Burton Stokes (1927–1996), Cleveland, Ohio mayor from 1967 to 1971, was the first African American mayor of a major United States city. Stokes wanted to remake his city and expand opportunity, but local conflicts and broad economic and political forces ...

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