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	Carl Stokes \| Political Leader, Mayor and Ambassador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		When Stokes was only two years old, his father died and his mother was left to raise him alone.
		Stokes, an older brother Louis, and his mother who worked as a cleaning lady lived in a housing project for the poor.
		In 1962, Stokes became the first fl Democrat to be elected to the Ohio Legislature, and represented his constituents until 1967.
	usa-hero.com /stokes_carl.html (330 words)

	Howard University Libraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Stokes was born on February 23, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, to the late Charles and Louise Stokes.
		Stokes’ younger brother, the late Carl B. Stokes, made history in 1967 when he was elected Mayor of Cleveland, serving with distinction as the first fl mayor of a major American city.
		Stokes and his wife Jay are the parents of Shelley, Angela, Louis and Lori, and grandparents to Brett, Eric and Grant Hammond; Kelley and Kimberly Stokes; and Alexandra and Nicolette Thompson.
	www.founders.howard.edu /Louis_Stokes/Biography.htm (1187 words)

	Carl B. Stokes Tribute - Who's Who In Black Cleveland 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		CARL B. Carl B. Stokes (1927-1996), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, was the first elected fl mayor of a major American city.
		Stokes was committed to showing the country that an African American could be an effective political leader.
		Ambassador Stokes was the first African American to be elected to all three branches of government - the legislative, the executive, and the judicial.
	www.whoswhopublishing.com /sections/black_cleveland/carl_stokes.shtml (73 words)

	Stokes, Carl B.
		Taft, William H. Carl Burton Stokes was born on June 2, 1927, in Cleveland, Ohio.
		Stokes's father died when Carl was only three years of age, and Stokes's mother struggled to provide for her family.
		Stokes served as a prosecuting attorney until 1962, when he joined his brother, Louis Stokes, in establishing the law firm Stokes, Stokes, Character, and Terry.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=1849 (396 words)

	Floor Statement by Congresswoman Pelosi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Carl Stokes was one of the first fl mayors of a big American city, mayor of Cleveland.
		Stokes, your mother, is the wonderful public life and private lives of Carl and Lou Stokes.
		Carl went on to be ambassador to the Seychelles.
	www.house.gov /pelosi/flstokes.htm (265 words)

	Stokes, Carl Burton - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		STOKES, CARL BURTON [Stokes, Carl Burton] 1927-96, American political leader, b.
		A 1956 graduate of the Cleveland Marshall School of Law, Stokes began his political career as a Democratic member of the Ohio general assembly (1962-67).
		In 1983 Stokes was elected municipal court judge, serving two terms as head of the court.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-stokes-c.html (287 words)

	90.3 WCPN News: From the Projects to Politics
		Carl's ambition was to become a politician, and to hold political office.
		Carl Stokes: Are the people of Cleveland willing to vote for a candidate for mayor who has the best qualifications, who has the best program, who has the philosophy of government and its relationship with people, but whose skin does happen to be fl?
		Carl Stokes: On September 15, 1967, Democratic candidate for Mayor, Carl Stokes, spoke to an audience at the City Club of Cleveland.
	www.wcpn.org /news/2006/10-12/1117stokes.html (967 words)

	Carl Stokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Carl J. Stokes, age 74 years, of Elroy, died on Friday, March 31, 2006 at the UW Hospital in Madison.
		He was born on November 10, 1931 on the Stokes Farm by Elroy to Willard and Lydia (Visgar) Stokes.
		Survivors include six sons, Eli (Christine) Stokes of Wonewoc, Dan (Wendy) Stokes of Princeton, Jay Stokes of Madison, Del (Bonnie) Stokes of Tampa, FL, Van (D’Ann) Stokes of Mauston, and Ben Stokes of Janesville; 11 Grandchildren; 6 Great Grandchildren; brother, Willard (Gloria) Stokes of Maupin, OR; and sister, June (Ernie) Schirmer of Elroy.
	www.pichafuneralhomes.com /carl_stokes.htm (207 words)

	Vignette: Carl B. Stokes
		Carl Burton Stokes: Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (1967 to 1971), first fl mayor of a major American city.
		Stokes entered politics and in 1962 was elected to the Ohio legislature.
		He tried to improve the economic condition of Cleveland, but hostility from the city bureaucracy and the police force and the overall tensions of the period of the late 60’s and early 60’s made it very difficult to achieve any success.
	faculty.washington.edu /qtaylor/aa_Vignettes/stokes_carl.htm (262 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Stokes,
		Stokes, Carl Burton 1927-96, American political leader, b.
		Stokes, Sir George Gabriel 1819-1903, British mathematician and physicist, b.
		Olympics are still beckoning Stokes, only now in Winter Unwanted by USA Softball, former 'Dog Shelly Stokes tries her hand at...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Stokes, (746 words)

	Committee Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Carl B. Stokes was born on June 21, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio.
		Carl Stokes began his distinguished career in public service when he was elected to the Ohio General Assembly, in 1962.
		Carl B. Stokes dedicated a great part of his life to public service, and distinguished himself on numerous occasions as a leader in both his community and in the nation.
	www.congress.gov /cgi-bin/cpquery/R?cp105:FLD010:@1(hr231) (1333 words)

	TIME.com: Carl Stokes Drops Out -- Apr. 26, 1971 -- Page 1
		Ten people, including three policemen, were killed during the gun fight, and Stokes' decision to remove white policemen from the fl neighborhood —credited by some with averting a holocaust, criticized by others as giving in to militants—split the city along racial lines.
		Stokes is a strong proponent of public housing (his family lived in a low-income project when he was young), and his belief that such developments should be dispersed throughout the city has divided even the fl community.
		Relations between Stokes and the white-dominated council have deteriorated to the point where the mayor and his top aides last month began a boycott of the council's weekly meetings.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,902874-1,00.html (648 words)

	This Week in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		African-American lawyer and political leader Carl Stokes was born on June 21, 1927, in Cleveland, Ohio.
		Carl Burton Stokes was only two years old when his father, a laundry worker, died.
		Three years later, Stokes was elected municipal court judge, serving two terms as head of the court.
	www.ldsgenesisgroup.org /history/carlstokes.html (294 words)

	Stokes to challenge O'Malley in primary - baltimoresun.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Standing in front of the city's morgue yesterday, Carl Stokes officially declared that he is challenging Mayor Martin O'Malley in September's primary election.
		Stokes lost to O'Malley in the 1999 election, but said he believes the popular incumbent is vulnerable because the mayor failed to reduce homicides in the city as promised.
		Stokes sharply criticized O'Malley for what he described as micromanaging the Baltimore Police Department, saying his policies have led to a revolving door with police commissioners and senior command staff.
	www.baltimoresun.com /bal-stokes0612,0,3993579.story (795 words)

	Carl B. Stokes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elected the first fl Democrat to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1962, he served 3 terms and narrowly lost a bid for mayor of Cleveland in 1965.
		When the Glenville Shootout occurred under Stokes, it was discovered that Fred (Ahmed) Evans, one of major characters in the conflict had received some $6,000 in funds from the program.
		However, Stokes pulled through and was reelected in 1969.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Stokes (719 words)

	Leonard N. Moore / Carl B. Stokes and the Rise of Black Political Power
		As the first elected fl mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland's Carl B. Stokes embodied the transformation of the civil rights movement from a vehicle of protest to one of fl political power.
		As civil unrest in the country's ghettos turned to violence in the 1960s, Cleveland was one of the first cities to heed the call of Malcolm X's infamous "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech.
		Hindered by resistance from the fl middle class and the Cleveland City Council, spurned by the media and fellow politicians who deemed him a fl nationalist, and unable to prove that fl leadership could thwart fl unrest, Stokes finished his four years in office with many of his legislative goals unfulfilled.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /f02/moore.html (395 words)

	Vote For Stokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Stokes's last tenure on the City Council ended in 1995, but he has been intimately involved with the Council since then, most recently as the chairman for the Commission on City Council Restructuring, a group that helped formulate Question P for the 2002 election.
		Stokes is the President of the Dallas Street Community Development Corporation, an organization committed to improving the quality of life among citizenry in an East Baltimore neighborhood.
		Of TechBalt.com's endorsement, Stokes says, "It is an honor to be endorsed by a group of young people who are giving back to Baltimore." We here at TechBalt.com wish Carl Stokes all the best in the Democratic Primary this September.
	members.aol.com /belmont111/stokes.html (251 words)

	A Moment in Time: Carl Stokes
		Lead: In 1967 Carl Burton Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland, the eighth largest city in America.
		After establishing a law practice with his brother, future U.S. Representative Louis Stokes, Carl was elected to the Ohio legislature, which at that time was dominated by rural interests.
		Many whites were attracted to Stokes relatively moderate views on race and voted him into office in 1967.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/amit/display.cfm?amit_id=2198 (275 words)

	Schumann's Cleveland: How far we've come
		When Carl Stokes first became a candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives in 1960, legislative primary elections were on a county-wide "bedsheet" ballot; in Cuyahoga County, the top seventeen vote-getters in each party were entitled to run in the general election.
		Carl Stokes received immensely favorable publicity from that campaign and was easily elected in 1962.
		Carl Stokes in 1960 had identified at-large multi-member voting districts as discriminatory against African-Americans seeking election to the state legislature.
	re.cleveland.oh.us /archives/index.shtml?19990319 (1360 words)

	Louis Stokes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Born in Cleveland, Stokes and his brother Carl B. Stokes, lived in one of the first federally funded housing projects the Outhwaite Homes.
		Stokes served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946.
		Stokes's brother, Carl B. Stokes, was the first African American mayor of a large American city.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Louis_Stokes (381 words)

	TIME.com: Carl Stokes Drops Out -- Apr. 26, 1971 -- Page 2
		Against this background, Stokes and the council have put forth separate tax proposals—both defeated by the voters.
		The cutbacks came quickly: 1,700 city employees have been laid off, recreation and health programs were reduced, Clevelanders now have to haul their garbage to the sidewalk for collection, and street sweepers are unavailable to clean up after the collectors.
		The hiring freeze is certain to erase the 2.1% decrease in crime in downtown Cleveland, which Stokes' administration had achieved.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,902874-2,00.html (442 words)

	Carl stokes (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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	stokes.akrarugby.com.cob-web.org:8888 /carl-stokes.html (1480 words)

	Carl Stokes — Motivational Speaker, Keynote Speaker
		Carl was faced with the unbelievable task of managing a family member’s deli over the summer due to an illness.
		So in 1999, Carl was hired by Poland Spring Water as the Director of Sales, for their largest distributor in North America, servicing over 30,000 customers.
		Carl Stokes is the founder and CEO of
	www.speakermatch.com /keynotespeakers/1760230030.htm (518 words)

	Carl Stokes: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Carl is married to Juliette, who as well as being Carl's wife, works in our Pre-school and runs our Parent & Toddler group on Wednesdays.
		Carl has a big vision to see people's lives touched by God in such a way that they become devoted followers of Christ and he is passionate about the church being a place where people can meet God in relevant ways and grow in their understanding God's purpose for their lives.
		Carl is also keen to be involved in the wider community and so is a Governor at our local Infants and Junior School and is serving this year as the chaplain to the Chair of Rochford Council.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Stokes_Carl_529878159.htm (260 words)

	Episodes 1411-1415 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Valery insists that Trask really cares for her, and Stokes answers that "you must be very very careful with people when you hold the responsibility of the wealth of this estate in your hands.
		Stokes kisses her hand and says that no matter what she does, she'll have his blessing.
		Carl asks him how his trip went, and Stokes answers it was fine, though he's come home to "some worrisome developments." Gladstone asks if its anything that should concern him, and Stokes answers that its only family problems.
	members.aol.com /chasdtroll/1411.html (5423 words)

	To Become Sombody collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is a series of manuscripts and scrapbooks about th epolitical lives of Louis and Carl Stokes, with primary emphasis on the Congressinal career of Louis Stokes.
		These photographs cover the political life and family life of Carl Stokes from 1968-1971.
		Some of these interviews are part of the web arena for the exhibit, Carl and Louis Stokes from the Projects to Politics, at the Western Reserve Historical Society.
	www.stokescleveland.org /collection.htm (454 words)

	Amazon.com: Carl B. Stokes and the Rise of Black Political Power: Books: Leonard N. Moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		CARL BURTON STROKES was born in obscurity June 21, 1927, in Cleveland, Ohio.
		Carl B. Stokes And The Rise Of Black Political Power by Leonard N. Moore (Assistant Professor of History and Director of the African and African American Studies Program, Louisiana State University) is a meticulous portrayal of Mayor Carl Stokes of Cleveland and the impact his tenure has had on local and national African-American politics.
		A well-researched and scholarly examination of executive government in microcosm in general, and its reflections in the broader scope of African-American politics in particular, Carl B. Stokes And The Rise Of Black Political Power is a welcome and highly recommended addition to academic Black Studies and Political Science reference collections and reading lists.
	www.amazon.com /Carl-Stokes-Black-Political-Power/dp/0252027604 (1462 words)

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