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Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927-April 3, 1996) was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, he was the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city. Fellow Ohioan Robert C. Henry was the first African American mayor of any U.S. city.
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∙ 14y agoThe first black mayor was Carl B. Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland from 1967 to 1971.
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∙ 9y agoTom Bradley was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles. He was elected in 1973 and had served as a police officer for 20 years prior to that election.
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∙ 12y agoThe first African-American Mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington, began serving as mayor on April 29, 1983.
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∙ 15y agoColeman A. Young.
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