http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f1-format%3DPhotograph%20Collection;f2-subject%3DStokes,%20Carl%20--%20Photograph%20collections.;smode%3Dadvanced;subject%3Dafrican%20american Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f1-format=Photograph Collection;f2-subject=Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections.;smode=advanced;subject=african american Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG427.xml Fannie M. Lewis (1926-2008) was an African American activist and Cleveland, Ohio, councilwoman. She was involved in a number of Hough neighborhood improvement programs, including Community Action for Youth, Neighborhood Youth Corps, Model Cities Association, and the Citizen's Participation Organization. She became a city councilwoman from Cleveland's Ward 7 in 1982. The collection consists of photographs depicting Lewis' involvement in the Hough community of Cleveland, Ohio, and Cleveland politics. It includes images of Fannie Lewis, Carl and Louis Stokes, Ralph Perk, and Booker Tall. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG427.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG363.xml Stella G. White (1907-1991) was a free-lance journalist and leader in Cleveland, Ohio, mass transit and interracial community relations. She served on the Community Relations Board, the Council on Human Relations, and the Board of the Cleveland Transit System. She was a columnist for the Plain Dealer. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Stella White, her family, and friends and business and political associates including Judge Charles W. White, Carl Stokes, Ralph Perk, and Richard Daley. Views of her professional life include photographs of the People's Forum on Mass Transit (1971) and various views depicting her work with the Cleveland Transit System, including facilities and rapid transit trains, dinners and conferences, anniversary celebrations, and miscellaneous views. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG363.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG429.xml Carl Stokes (1927-1996) was the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1967-1971. Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major American city and the first African American Democrat in the Ohio State Legislature, where he served three terms from 1962-67. As mayor, Stokes launched a number of programs to alleviate the problems of urban decay. Chief among these was Cleveland: NOW!, a joint public and private program with plans to raise $177 million in its first two years to revitalize Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout in July, 1968. Under Stokes, Cleveland City Council passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Ordinance, and HUD resumed funding projects aiding in the construction of over 3,000 new low- and middle-income housing units. Stokes became a newscaster with NBC television in 1972, and returned to his law practice in Cleveland in 1980. In 1983, Stokes was elected a municipal court judge. The collection consists of formal individual portraits of Carl Stokes, individual ... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG429.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT