Themes: 21st Congressional Caucus · Redistricting · Carl Stokes’ Mayoral Campaigns: Declaring His Candidacy · The Summer Campaign · The October Primary · The November General Election · Seth Taft · November 7 Election Day · Stokes Wins! · Hooray for Mayor Stokes · Louis Stokes Enters Politics and Makes Ohio History · A 30-Year Career Starts in 1969
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< “Louis and Carl Newspaper” Louis Stokes Collection, WRHS.

In 1968, Louis Stokes made history when he became the first African-American from Ohio elected to the United States House of Representatives.