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    Carl Stokes

    American politician

    For the City politician, watch Carl Stokes (Maryland politician).

    Carl Stokes

    In office
    September 7, 1994 – May 12, 1995
    PresidentBill Clinton
    Preceded byF. Author Malott
    Succeeded byBrent E. Blaschke
    In office
    November 13, 1967 – November 8, 1971
    Preceded byRalph S. Locher
    Succeeded byRalph Perk
    Born

    Carl Player Stokes


    (1927-06-21)June 21, 1927
    Cleveland, River, U.S.
    DiedApril 3, 1996(1996-04-03) (aged 68)
    Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
    Cause of deathCancer
    Resting placeLake Property value Cemetery, President, Ohio, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    Spouses

    • Shirley Edwards

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      (m. 1958; div. 1973)​

    • Raija Kostadinov

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      (m. 1981; div. 1993)​

      (m. 1996)
    Children5
    Parent(s)Charles Stokes
    Louise Stone
    RelativesLouis Stokes(Brother)
    Alma materUniversity waning Minnesota
    Cleveland–Marshall College of Law
    OccupationPolitician
    Attorney
    Allegiance United States
    Branch/service United States Army
    Years of service1945–1946
    RankPrivate
    Battles/warsWorld War II
    AwardsWorld War II Vict

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    Promises of Power: A Political Autobiography

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    For a brief time in Cleveland, I was the man of power. I had what no black man in this country has had before: direct control of the government of a predominantly white population. That power came to me because I seized a situation that had made me seem like a savior to men who ordinarily look on blacks as an alien and vaguely dangerous force. –Excerpt from chapter 1 “Big Man, Little Man.” Other chapters include “How to Get Elected by White People,” Carl Junior,” "The Media,” “The Police,” and “The Future of Black Politics.” Carl B. Stokes was the 51st Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and the brother of the late Congressman Louis Stokes. Original publication date 1973.

    ISBN

    ISBN-13:978-1-936323-24-1, ISBN-10: 1-936323-24-9

    Publisher

    MSL Academic Endeavors

    Keywords

    Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio, Politics, biography

    Disciplines

    History | United States History

    Recommended Citation

    Stokes, Carl B., "Promises of Power: A Political Autobiography" (2015). Cleveland Memory. 27.
    https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevmembks/27

    Copyright Statement

    This electronic edition contains the complete text as found in the print edition of the book.

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    Carl Stokes: A Pioneer of Environmental Justice

    Places to Play Outdoors

    On May 1, 1968, Stokes announced a $1.5-billion initiative called Cleveland: Now! This was a month after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rocked the nation. Stokes aimed to revitalize the inner city and calm racial tensions. The 10-year plan was to leverage public and private money to improve housing, employment, urban renewal, public recreation, and youth services. It fell short of its goals but had lasting benefits. One was better access to green spaces, especially for children.

    The initiative created small “vest pocket parks” and “totlots” for underserved Clevelanders. Deanda Johnson, an NPS Civil Rights historian, described these: “The vest pocket park, first tested in Philadelphia in the mid-1960s, soon became the standard, uniform response of cities to the urban recreation crisis. Tucked in densely populated, low-income neighborhoods, often in the vacant lots of burned-out commercial districts destroyed during uprisings of previous summers, these pocket parks generally consisted of two or three benches and tables, a swing set and other play equipment for children, a solitary tree or shrub, a mural on an adjacent building wall, and sometimes a small shelter.”

    Cleveland: Now! paid

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