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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<“Carl Swearing In as 50th Mayor of Cleveland” Carl Stokes Picture Group 429.

In 1967, the city of Cleveland elected Carl Stokes as the first African-American mayor of a major American city. Carl defeated Republican Seth Taft, grandson of President William Howard Taft.