Carl Stokes

GPTKB entity

Properties (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:advocatesFor Education reform
Urban development
Housing rights
Police reform
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Cleveland_State_University
gptkb:University_of_Minnesota
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Cleveland_Hall_of_Fame
gptkb:NAACP_Image_Award
Cleveland_State_University_Distinguished_Alumni_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1927-06-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cleveland,_Ohio
gptkbp:children gptkb:Carl_Stokes_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1996-04-03
gptkbp:deathPlace Lake_View_Cemetery,_Cleveland,_Ohio
gptkbp:hasPoliticalParty Author
Public speaker
Legal consultant
Community activist
Television commentator
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Carl Stokes
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Carl_Stokes.jpg/220px-Carl_Stokes.jpg
gptkbp:influenced Cleveland_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:knownFor First African American mayor of a major U.S. city
gptkbp:legacy Stokes'_legacy_in_civil_rights_and_urban_politics
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nationality African_American
gptkbp:notableWork Civil Rights Advocacy
gptkbp:occupation Lawyer
gptkbp:office Mayor_of_Cleveland
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Cleveland_City_Council_Member
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ralph_J._Perk
gptkbp:serviceYears 1945-1946
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Patricia_Stokes
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Dennis_Kucinich
gptkbp:termEnd 1971-01-01
gptkbp:termStart 1967-01-01