Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Fire Restrictions/ Louis Stokes




Missoulian: Longtime Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes dies at 90
Louis Stokes
Louis Stokes rose from the local housing projects to serve 30 years in the U.S. House, becoming a potent symbol for his Cleveland–based majority–black district. Reluctant to enter the political arena, Stokes was persuaded to run for office by his prominent brother and by community members he had served for decades as a civil rights lawyer. His accomplishments were substantive and of historic proportions.”

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