Carl B. Stokes ne mafi kyaun sanannun magajin gari na 51 na Cleveland - magajin gari na farko na Amurka na babban birnin Amurka. Shi ma soja ne, lauya, dan majalisar wakilai na Ohio, mai watsa labarai, mai hukunci, uban, dan uwa ga wakilin majalisar, kuma Jakadan Amurka.
Ƙunni na Farko
An haifi Carl Burton Stokes a Cleveland a shekarar 1927 ta biyu na Charles da Louise Stokes. Iyayensa daga Georgia ne kuma sun zo arewa a lokacin "Babban Magoya" don neman damar samun zamantakewa da zamantakewa.
Mahaifinsa ya kasance mai wanke tufafi kuma uwarsa mai tsabtace mata. Charles Stokes ya mutu yayin da Carl yayi shekaru biyu kawai kuma mahaifiyarsa ta haifa mata maza biyu a cikin gidaje na Outhwaite Homes a kan E 69th St.
A cikin Sojan
Da yake neman yunkurin tserewa daga talaucin yaro, Stokes ya fita daga makarantar sakandaren a 1944 kuma yayi aiki a takaice don Thompson Products (daga bisani ya zama TRW). A 1945, ya shiga soja. Bayan fitowarsa a 1946, ya koma Cleveland; kammala makarantar sakandare; kuma, tare da taimakon GI Bill, ya kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Minnesota da kuma daga Cleveland Marshall Law Law.
Life Political
Stokes ya fara aikin siyasa a ofishinsa na Cleveland. A shekarar 1962, an zabe shi zuwa wakilan majalisar wakilai na Ohio, aikin da ya gudanar na uku. A shekara ta 1965, an yi nasara da shi a kan magajin garin Cleveland. Ya sake gudu a 1967 kuma kawai ya doke (yana da 50.5% na kuri'a) Seth Taft, jikan shugaban William H.
Taft. Tare da nasararsa, zamanin mulkin dimokuradiyya a Amurka ya tsufa.
Magajin gari na farko na Amurka
Stokes ya gaji Cleveland wanda aka fi sani da launin fata, tare da kusan dukkanin 'yan Clevelanders (99.5%) dake zaune a gabas na Kogin Cuyahoga, da dama da yawa sun tsufa a yankunan da suka tsufa.
Stokes ya karu da harajin ku] a] en birnin da kuma kar ~ ar ku] a] en jefa kuri'a don makarantu, gidaje, da zauren, da sauran ayyukan gari. Ya kuma halicci "Cleveland Yanzu!" shirin, wani asusun tallafi na asusun tallafi don taimakawa ga jama'a da dama.
Tun farkon lokacin da gwamnatinsa ta ci gaba da rikici a lokacin da Cleveland (mafi yawan baki) Glenville ya rushe a tashin hankali a shekara ta 1968. Lokacin da aka fahimci cewa masu shirya tarzomar sun sami kudade daga "Cleveland Now!", Kyauta ta bushe kuma Stokes ' . Ya zaɓi kada a nemi karo na uku.
Mai watsa labarai, Alkali, Ambasada
Bayan ya bar ofishin magajin a 1971, Stokes ya koma Birnin New York, inda ya zama shugaban farko a Afrika a shekarar 1972. A shekara ta 1983 ya koma Cleveland ya zama babban alƙali na birni, wanda ya yi shekaru 11 . A 1994, Shugaba Clinton ya nada shi Jakadan Amurka a Jamhuriyar Seychelles.
Iyali
Stokes ya yi aure sau uku: Shirley Edwards a shekara ta 1958 (sun saki a 1973) kuma zuwa Raija Kostadinov a shekarar 1981 (sun saki a 1993) kuma a 1996. Yana da 'ya'ya hudu - Carl Jr., Cordi, Cordell, da Cynthia . Ɗan'uwansa shi ne tsohon wakilin Amurka, Louis Stokes. 'Yan uwansa sun hada da Cleveland Judge Angela Stokes da kuma watsa labarai jarida Lori Stokes.
Mutuwa
Carl Stokes an gano shi tare da ciwon daji na esophagus yayin da aka kafa a Seychelles. Ya sake komawa da shi a Cleveland Clinic, inda ya wuce a shekara ta 1996. An binne shi a kabari na Cleveland na Lake View , inda masanin burbushin ya ce "Ambasada Carl B. Stokes," aikin da ya fi girman kai. Kowace Yuni 21 a ranar haihuwar haihuwarsa, wata ƙungiyar Clevelanders ta tuna da ransa a kabari.
> Sources
> Carl B. Stokes da Rashin Ƙarfin Siyasa Na Ƙarshe , Leonard N. Moore; Jami'ar Illinois Press; 2002
Encyclopedia na Cleveland History , da David D. Tassel da John J. Grabowski sun tattara da kuma gyara su; Indiana University Press; 1987; shafi na 670
> Alkawari na Power: Tarihin Tsarin Siyasa , Carl B. Stokes; Simon da Schuster; 1973