Identifier	cleAA1447
Title	Stokes, Carl B.: 1967
Name	Stokes, Carl B.(1927-1996)
Additional Names	Taft, Seth C.
Profession	Law Journalism Government
Subject	African Americans Lawyers Prosecutors Mayors Municipal government Ambassadors Ohio House of Representatives Republic of the Seychelles Television journalists
Description	"Republican Seth C. Taft (R) congratulated Mayor Carl B. Stokes at the Election Board when a recount of last week's mayoral election was completed 11/17 giving Stokes a 1, 679 vote victory over Taft. Taft, who had asked fro the recount, picked up a net gain of only 19 votes."-- photo front.
Accomplishments	Lawyer Prosecutor, City of Cleveland Judge, Cleveland Municipal Court Member, Ohio House of Representatives Mayor, City of Cleveland First Black Mayor of major U.S. City Television journalist, WNBC-NY U. S. Ambassador, Republic of the Seychelles.
Creator	United Press International
Location Depicted	Cleveland
Time Period	Decline and Comeback: 1960-1990
Date Original	1967
Object Type	black-and-white photographs
Size of Original	10x8 in.
Digital Collection	Notable Blacks of Cleveland
Collection Homepage	http://www.clevelandmemory.org/notableblacks/
Donor	Joseph E. Cole
Copyright	http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/
Format	Jpeg
Digital Processing Notes	TIF File Size: 260k - DPI: 300
Repository	Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Repository Collection	Cleveland Press<br>Notable Blacks of Cleveland
Repository Homepage	http://library.csuohio.edu/speccoll/index.html
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entry	http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SCB2
Further Reading	http://scholar.csuohio.edu/search/d?Stokes%2Ccarl+b

Stokes, Carl B.: 1967

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