Carl B. Stokes amadziwika bwino pokhala mtsogoleri wa 51 wa Cleveland - Meya woyamba wa ku America ndi America wa mzinda waukulu wa United States. Anali msilikali, loya, membala wa Ohio House of Representatives, wofalitsa, woweruza, bambo, mbale wa Congressman, ndi Ambassador wa US.
Zaka Zakale
Carl Burton Stokes anabadwira ku Cleveland mu 1927 mwana wachiwiri wa Charles ndi Louise Stokes. Makolo ake anali ochokera ku Georgia ndipo adabwera kumpoto pa "Great Migration" pofunafuna mwayi wabwino wa chikhalidwe ndi chuma.
Bambo ake anali wochapa zovala komanso amayi ake oyeretsa. Charles Stokes anamwalira pamene Carl anali ndi zaka ziwiri zokha ndipo amayi ake adalera ana ake aamuna awiri m'nyumba ya Outhwaite ya nyumba pa E 69th St.
Mu Asilikali
Pofuna kuthawa umphaŵi waunyamata wake, Stokes anachoka kusukulu ya sekondale mu 1944 ndipo anagwira ntchito mwachidule kwa Thompson Products (pambuyo pake kukhala TRW). Mu 1945, adalowa usilikali. Atatha kumwa mu 1946, adabwerera ku Cleveland; anamaliza sukulu ya sekondale; ndipo, mothandizidwa ndi GI Bill, anamaliza maphunziro awo ku yunivesite ya Minnesota komanso kenako kuchokera ku Cleveland Marshall Law School.
Moyo Wandale
Stokes anayamba ntchito yake yandale ku ofesi ya ofesi ya Cleveland. Mu 1962, adasankhidwa ku nyumba ya oyimilira ya Ohio, ntchito yomwe adaigwira katatu. Mu 1965, anagonjetsedwa kwambiri kuti apite kwa Meya wa Cleveland. Anathamanganso mu 1967 ndipo anangomenya (anali ndi voti 50.5%) Seth Taft, mdzukulu wa Purezidenti William H.
Taft. Ndi chigonjetso chake, nthawi ya mphamvu yakuda zandale ku US inali itatha.
Mtsogoleri Woyamba waku America waku America
Stokes analandira Cleveland yomwe inalumikizidwa ndi mafuko, ndipo pafupifupi onse a Black Clevelanders (99.5%) omwe amakhala kummawa kwa mtsinje wa Cuyahoga, ambiri amakhala m'madera okalamba, okalamba.
Stokes anawonjezera msonkho wa mzindawo ndipo adagonjetsa chisankho cha sukulu, nyumba, zoo, ndi ntchito zina zamzinda. Anapanganso "Cleveland Now!" pulogalamu, bungwe lapadera lothandizira kuthandizira zosowa zambiri za m'dera.
Chidwi choyambirira cha utsogoleri wake chinasokonezeka pamene mzindawo wa Glenville (waukulu) wakuda kwambiri wakuda wa Glenville unasokonekera mu 1968. Pamene adadziŵa kuti okonza zopikisanowo adalandira ndalama kuchokera ku "Cleveland Now!", Zoperekazo zowuma ndipo Stokes adakhulupirika . Anasankha kuti asafune nthawi yachitatu.
Wofalitsa, Woweruza, Ambassador
Atachoka ku ofesi ya meya mu 1971, Stokes anasamukira ku New York City, kumene anakhala mtsogoleri woyamba ku Africa ku America mu 1972. Mu 1983 anabwerera ku Cleveland kuti akakhale woweruza milandu, malo omwe anakhalapo kwa zaka 11 . Mu 1994, Pulezidenti Clinton anamusankha Ambassador wa United States ku Republic of the Seychelles.
Banja
Stokes anakwatira katatu: Shirley Edwards mu 1958 (iwo anasudzulana mu 1973) ndi Raija Kostadinov mu 1981 (iwo anasudzulana mu 1993) komanso mu 1996. Iye adali ndi ana anayi - Carl Jr., Cordi, Cordell, ndi Cynthia . Mbale wake ndi wakale wa US Congress, Louis Stokes. Amayi ake akuphatikizapo Angela Stokes, yemwe ndi Cleveland komanso wolemba nkhani, Lori Stokes.
Imfa
Carl Stokes anapezeka kuti ali ndi khansara ya mimba pamene anali ku Seychelles. Anabwerera kudzachiritsidwa kuchipatala cha Cleveland, komwe anamwalira mu 1996. Iye anaikidwa m'manda ku Cleviewand's Lake View , kumene kuli malo otchuka akuti "Ambassador Carl B. Stokes," ntchito yomwe anali yonyada kwambiri. Pa June 21 pa tsiku lakubadwa kwake, gulu la Clevelanders limakondwerera moyo wake kumanda.
> Zosowa
> Carl B. Stokes ndi Kuphulika kwa Black Political Power , Leonard N. Moore; Sukulu; 2002
Encyclopedia ya Cleveland History , yolembedwa ndi kusinthidwa ndi David D. Tassel ndi John J. Grabowski; Sukulu; 1987; tsamba 670
> Malonjezano a Mphamvu: Kuchita Zachikhalidwe Zandale , Carl B. Stokes; Simoni ndi Schuster; 1973