As part of Black History ... of government. Stokes died from complications of esophagus cancer on April 3, 1996. He was 68. Two downtown Cleveland buildings bear his name: the Carl B.

His name is etched in the history of Cleveland and adorns some of its most prized architecture. In honor of Black History month, we bring you a pictorial retrospective of Stokes' life. If you ...

With launch day approaching, Carl Stokes wondered what ... Soon to be a pioneering anchor for WNBC/4, Stokes had been a two-term mayor in Cleveland — the first Black mayor of a major American ...

CLEVELAND — Carl Burton Stokes, Cleveland's first Black mayor was also the nation's first Black mayor of a major city. Born in 1927 to Charles and Louise Stokes, the future mayor lost his father ...

CLEVELAND (WJW ... Al Sharpton, Carl, Lewis Stokes.” Pictures of their visits remain on the glass-encased church bulletin boards. Shiloh hopes to safeguard its legacy by launching a capital ...

Carl B. Stokes, who in 1967 became the first black elected mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland, tackling the urban crisis that “threatens to strangle and destroy our entire urban civilization ...

It was 1967 and Carl Stokes had been elected mayor of Cleveland. He was the first black elected to lead a major American city. Stokes – great grandson of a slave -- outpolled Seth Taft who was ...

Mayor Justin Bibb and others last week unveiled a new historical marker for Carl Stokes at City Hall, the latest installation of what will eventually be 11 markers around the city on the Cleveland ...

we honor Carl Stokes. Raised in the Cleveland projects, he built a career that would take him to the highest appointed position in his hometown. As the first black mayor of a major American city ...