Themes: Mayor Carl Stokes of Cleveland · A Cleveland “Camelot” and Cleveland: Now! · Rebuilding a City · Building a New Power Base · Promoting Success in Cleveland to the Nation and the World · Choosing Not to Run · Assassinations · Mayor Stokes and the Assassinations · Congressman Stokes Investigates the Assassinations · Iran Contra · Carl Stokes after he was Mayor · WRHS-TV Studio One
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< “Louis with Nelson Mandela” Linton Freeman Collection loan.

Louis served in the United States House of Representatives for thirty years. He served on various committees and met with dignitaries from around the world like Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa. In 1999, after a long and distinguished career, Louis became one of the highest ranking members and first African-American to retire from Congress.