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Portrait of Carl Stokes visiting rundown neighborhood

c. 1978
gelatin silver print, resin coated
Image: 16.5 x 21.6 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2021.219
Location: not on view
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Carl Stokes, Cleveland’s mayor from 1968 to 1971, was the first Black mayor of any major American city.

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Carl Stokes (1927–1996) was born in Cleveland and raised in the city’s first federally funded housing project for the poor. After completing his term as mayor of Cleveland, Stokes became a New York-based correspondent for NBC News. He is seen here in the process of taping a news special on “Violence in America.”
Portrait of Carl Stokes visiting rundown neighborhood

Portrait of Carl Stokes visiting rundown neighborhood

c. 1978

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