Carl Stokes Quotes

United States, Lawyer
June 21, 1927 – April, 3, 1996.

Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927 – April 3, 1996) was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, and taking office on January 1, 1968, he was the first black elected mayor of a major U.S. city.

Also known as Diplomat, Politician, Judge

It's really about schools and education. It really is about being America's safest city. I think that race is always bubbling somewhere and sometimes it does surface, but I don't think that the majority of the voters are going to pick a mayor or a candidate based solely on race.

Carl Stokes
- School
- America
- Education
What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.

Carl Stokes
- Children
- City
- Closing

I knew my own situation, my own town, and I knew I had it in my hand. Once I got it, I knew I could do things that no civil rights march ever did.

Carl Stokes
- Hand
- Situation
- March
My style will be management by being on the street, management by walking around. Third persons won't have to tell me what's going on in our city. I'll hear it, I'll see it, I'll touch it myself.

Carl Stokes
- City
- Myself
- Style
There is nothing fundamentally wrong with America's cities that money can't cure.

Carl Stokes
- Money
- America
- Cities
Despite the litany of the sorrows of the city, we must believe in the ability of man to respond to the problems of his environment.

Carl Stokes
- Believe
- City
- Environment