Biography ntawm Carl B. Stokes, Cleveland tus Thawj Coj 51st

Carl B. Stokes yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws los ua Cleveland tus tus kav nroog 51 - thawj African-American tus kav nroog ntawm nroog loj hauv nroog United States. Nws kuj yog ib tug tub rog, ib tug kws lij choj, ib tug tswv cuab ntawm Ohio House of Representatives, ib tug tshaj tawm, ib tug txiv neeb, ib tug txiv tsev, ib tug kwv tij, thiab ib tug Thawj Coj.

Thaum Ntxov Xyoo

Carl Burton Stokes yug hauv Cleveland xyoo 1927 tus tub thib ob ntawm Charles thiab Louise Stokes. Nws niam nws txiv tau los ntawm Georgia thiab tau tuaj sab qaum teb thaum lub sijhawm "Lub Tebchaws Loj Hlob Siab" nyob rau hauv kev nrhiav kev zoo ntawm kev sib raug zoo thiab kev lag luam.

Nws txiv yog ib tug ntxhua khaub ncaws thiab nws niam tus poj niam tu tsev. Charles Stokes tau tuag thaum Carl yog ob xyoos xwb thiab nws niam nws tsa nws ob tug tub hluas nyob hauv Outhwaite Tsev vaj tse tsev rau ntawm E 69th St.

Nyob rau hauv Army

Xwv kom khiav dim txoj kev txomnyem ntawm nws thaum yau, Stokes tshem tawm ntawm high school hauv xyoo 1944 thiab ua haujlwm luv luv rau Thompson Khoom (tom qab ua TRW). Xyoo 1945, nws tau koom nrog pab tub rog. Tom qab nws tawm hauv 1946, nws rov qab mus rau Cleveland; kawm tiav high school; thiab, kev pab los ntawm GI Bill, kawm tiav los ntawm University of Minnesota thiab dhau los ntawm Cleveland Marshall Law School.

Nom tswv lub neej

Stokes pib nws txoj haujlwm tseem fwv hauv Cleveland tus foob qhov chaw ua haujlwm. Nyob rau xyoo 1962, nws raug xaiv tsa rau Ohio House of Representatives, nws ua haujlwm rau peb lub sijhawm. Nyob rau hauv 1965, nws yog narrowly yeej nyob rau hauv ib tug twv rau tus tswv nroog ntawm Cleveland. Nws khiav rov qab rau xyoo 1967 thiab tsuas yog tuav (nws muaj 50.5% ntawm kev pov npav) Seth Taft, tub xeeb ntxwv ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm William H.

Taft. Nrog nws yeej, lub era ntawm dub nom tswv hwj chim hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas tau muaj hnub nyoog.

Tebchaws Asmeskas Thawj Tus Thawj Zej Zog Dub

Stokes tau txais Cleveland uas yog racial polarized, nrog rau txhua tus dub Clevelanders (99.5%) nyob rau sab hnub tuaj ntawm Cuyahoga River, muaj neeg coob coob nyob rau hauv cov laus, laus neeg zej zog.

Stokes nce lub nroog cov nyiaj tau los thiab tau txais kev pom zoo ntawm cov tsev kawm ntawv, vaj tse, vaj tsiaj, thiab lwm lub nroog. Nws kuj tsim lub "Cleveland Now!" qhov kev zov me nyuam, ib lub koom haum pab nyiaj ntiag tug kom pab ntau lub zej zog cov kev xav tau.

Thaum nws paub tias lub koom haum ntawm cov riots tau txais nyiaj pab los ntawm "Cleveland Now!", Cov nyiaj pub dawb thiab cov Stokes 'credibility raug kev txom nyem thaum nws muaj kev kub ntxhov ntawm Cleveland (feem ntau dub) . Nws xaiv tsis mus nrhiav lub sij hawm peb.

Broadcaster, Tus Txiav Txim, Tus Thawj Coj

Tom qab tawm hauv tus kav nroog lub chaw ua haujlwm xyoo 1971, Stokes tau tsiv mus rau New York City, uas nws yog thawj tus neeg Asmeskas Dub nyob hauv lub nroog xyoo 1972. Nyob rau xyoo 1983 nws rov qab los rau Cleveland los ua tus txiav txim hauv ib cheeb tsam, tus ncej nws tau muaj 11 xyoo . Nyob rau xyoo 1994, Thawj Tswj Hwm Clinton tau xaiv nws tus Ambassador rau Tebchaws Mekas rau ntawm Tebchaws Seychelles.

Tsev neeg

Stokes tau muaj peb zaug: Shirley Edwards hauv 1958 (lawv sib nrauj xyoo 1973) thiab Raiya Kostadinov rau xyoo 1981 (lawv sib nrauj xyoo 1993) thiab dua hauv 1996. Nws muaj plaub tus menyuam - Carl Jr., Cordi, Cordell, thiab Cynthia . Nws tus kwv yog ib tus tuaj tog Tebchaws Asmeskas, Louis Stokes. Nws cov nieces muaj xws li Cleveland Txwj Laug Angela Stokes thiab tshaj tawm xov xwm Lori Stokes.

Kev tuag

Carl Stokes tau kuaj mob kheesxaws ntawm txoj hlab pas thaum nyob hauv Seychelles. Nws rov qab los kho lub chaw Cleveland Clinic, nyob rau xyoo 1996. Nws tau muab faus rau hauv Cleveland lub Pas Dej Cemetery , uas yog tus cim kos npe hais tias "Tus Thawj Coj Carl B. Stokes," uas nws tau ua haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws. Txhua lub Rau Hli 21 hnub ntawm nws hnub yug, ib pawg ntawm Clevelanders ua kev zoo siab nws lub neej nyob rau hauv lub qhov ntxa.

> Cov chaw

> Carl B. Stokes thiab Txoj Cai ntawm Dub Txoj Cai Hwj Huam , Leonard N. Moore; University of Illinois Xovxwm; 2002
Encyclopedia ntawm Cleveland keeb kwm , sau thiab tawm los ntawm David D. Tassel thiab John J. Grabowski; Indiana University Xovxwm; 1987; phab 670

> Cov Lus Cog Tseg ntawm Lub Hwj Chim: Tus Txheeb Ze Sawv Cev , Carl B. Stokes; Simon thiab Schuster; 1973