Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927 – April 3, 1996) was an Americanpolitician of the Democratic party who served as the 51st mayor ofCleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, and taking office on January 1, 1968, he was the first black elected mayor of a major U.S. city Although he was elected after Richard G. Hatcher of Gary, Indiana, he took office first. Walter Washington was first black mayor of a major city (Washington, DC), but was appointed. Fellow OhioanRobert C. Henry was the first black mayor of any U.S. city (Springfield, elected 1966).
Early life
Stokes was born in Cleveland to Charles Stokes, a laundryman who died when Carl was three years old, and Louise Stokes, who then raised Carl and his brother Louis Stokes in Cleveland's first federally funded housing project for the poor, Outhwaite Homes. Although a good student, Stokes dropped out of high school in 1944, worked briefly at Thompson Products (later TRW), then joined the U.S. Army at age 18. After his discharge in 1946, Stokes returned to Cleveland and earned his high school diploma in 1947.
Carl Frank Stokes is an American politician who represents the 12th district on the Baltimore City Council. He is a former member of the Baltimore City Board of school commissioners and ran for Mayor of Baltimore in 1999.
Background
Stokes was born on May 2, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up in Baltimore's Latrobe housing project and attended parochial schools. He graduated from the Loyola Blakefield high school in 1968 and attended Loyola College. He managed and then owned a retail clothing store before being elected to represent the then second district on the Baltimore City Council in 1987.
Stokes left the council in 1995 and in the same year accepted an appointment by the Governor of Maryland and the Mayor of Baltimore to serve on the newly reconstituted Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.
Stokes is a former vice president of Mid-Atlantic Health Care, a medical equipment and supplies company and was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of The Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, a public charter middle school for boys founded in 2006 and opened in 2007 in East Baltimore.
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How did this all start? ... EXCLUSIVE. Car finance chaos ... The claimants were father and daughter duo Carl and Amy Hopcraft from Hull, Stoke-on-Trent postman Andrew Wrench - who had 'a penchant for fast cars' - and Welsh factory supervisor Marcus Johnson ... .
Leicester City could perform a controversial move in January by recalling Tom Cannon from his loan spell at StokeCity just to sell the striker off for cash ... Tom Cannon in action for Stoke City (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images).
CarlStokes, another City Council colleague who represented Districts 2 and 12, had been a longtime friend before both men were elected to the council ... Stokes said ... Stokes said ... Stokes said, with a laugh.
Among them were the leaders of both the council and its housing management company and senior ministers and officials inside Whitehall.CarlStokes... Carl Stokes was the only fire assessor employed by ...
“The government knew this was no way to regulate ... “It is a damning indictment of this country that amateurs, like CarlStokes and Brian Martin, can pose to be experts, putting countless lives at risk and taking the lives of our loved ones ... .
'All we do is lie' ...CarlStokes, a former firefighter employed as the sole fire assessor in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, is said to have falsified some qualifications, and lied about his experience when applying for the job ... .
Baltimore Sun
10 Sep 2024
Baltimore Sun
10 Sep 2024