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Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, – April 3, ) was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.

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The first African American to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city was Carl Stokes, who was mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from to Over the course of his political career, he .

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Carl Stokes, who in was the first African American to be elected to mayor of a major US city, came to Saint Peter’s College in December to talk about media and American cities.

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Stokes, who grew up in poverty in the Outhwaite public housing project, took the unprecedented step of using his inaugural ball to raise $, to clothe needy kids.