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26 de abr. de 2024 · Carl Stokes (born June 21, 1927, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.—died April 3, 1996, Cleveland) was an American lawyer and politician, who became the first African American to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city, having been elected to that office in Cleveland, Ohio (1967–71).
Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927 – April 3, 1996) was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, and taking office on January 1, 1968, he was one of the first black elected mayors of a major U.S. city.
3 de abr. de 1996 · Carl B. Stokes was the first African American elected mayor of a major US city, serving in Cleveland from 1968 to 1971. He advocated for clean water and environmental justice, bringing international attention to the infamous 1969 Cuyahoga River fire.
STOKES, CARL B. (21 June 1927-3 April 1996) became the first AFRICAN-AMERICAN mayor of a major U.S. city when he was elected mayor of Cleveland in November 1967. He later became a news anchorman, judge, and a United States Ambassador.
8 de jun. de 2022 · Carl Burton Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major American city, having been elected mayor of Cleveland, the nation’s 8 th largest city, in 1967. He is among the few American politicians whose career spanned all three branches of government — legislative, executive, and judicial.
12 de feb. de 2007 · Carl B. Stokes, lawyer, anchorman, U.S. diplomat and the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city, was born on June 21, 1927 to Charles and Louise Stokes in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1944, Stokes dropped out of high school at the age of 17 and worked briefly for Cleveland-based aerospace and automotive company Thompson Products ...
Elected in 1967, Cleveland Mayor Carl B. Stokes’ platform on the environment stressed a people-first approach that we now call environmental justice. Environmental justice means providing the benefits of environmentalism to everyone in equitable ways.
