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For four years, he served as assistant prosecutor and became partner in the law firm of Stokes, Stokes, Character, and Terry.
Elected the first black Democrat to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1962, he served three terms and narrowly lost a bid for mayor of Cleveland in 1965. . ... . As mayor, Stokes opened city hall jobs to blacks and women.
After his mayoral administration, Stokes became the first black anchorman in New York City when he took a job with television station WNBC-TV.
While studying law he was a probation officer. . President Bill Clinton appointed him U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles. .
Reviews
"The first book-length scholarly analysis of Stokes. Leonard N. Moore makes an important contribution in this much-needed examination of the political career of Carl B. Stokes, the first black mayor of a major American city, and what it can tell us about the rise of black political power in the late 1960s and 1970s." --American Historical Review"…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."-- The Midwest Book Review
"Moore weaves a compelling, demonstrative, and cogent story of good intentions and the limits of power…Students of urban politics and history will find Moore's well-documented book a valuable addition…"-- Political Science Quarterly
Stokes, Carl B.
(1927-1996)
Carl Burton Stokes (1927-1996) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Able to mobilize both black and white voters, he defeated Seth Taft, the grandson of a former U.S. president, with a 50.5 majority. .Moore has successfully re-created the key events that influenced Stokes's tenure and symbolized for the nation a new form of 'black power.'"--Choice
"Deftly mixing biography with local urban history, Moore details Stokes's struggle as a civil rights veteran to transform Northern black protest into urban black political power that made a difference in the lives of the frustrated black middle class and the disenfranchised lower classes.
His victory two years later drew national attention, as he was the first African-American mayor of a large American city. Moore's book is a must read for all those interested in understanding the life and legacy of America's first modern African American mayor." --Ohio History
"In the last decade, American historians have started wrestling in earnest with the difficult topic of black power.
Highly recommended." -- Library Journal
"Leonard Moore does a wonderful job of outlining the expectations and disappointments associated with African American leadership. A powerful portrait of the history and politics of rust belt cities. After his discharge in 1946, Stokes returned to Cleveland and earned his high school diploma in 1947.
After earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota in 1954, he graduated from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1956 and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1957.