biography
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Stokes, Carl (Burton)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1927– )
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| biography:
| Mayor and judge, born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He served as assistant city prosecutor (1958–62), state representative (1963–8), and mayor of Cleveland (1968–72), the first African-American mayor of a major US city. He worked as a television presenter (1972–80), and became a judge in the Cleveland Municipal Court (1983). |
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