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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< “Carl with group of children at Cleveland: NOW! Rally” Carl Stokes Picture Group 429.

As mayor, Carl launched the Cleveland: NOW! campaign to revitalize the city. This project brought the business community and the public together to build a better city. Recreation, health, and education were three of the focus areas of Cleveland: NOW!