When Cleveland turned history on its hinge
By Jeff Jacoby | Thursday, November 8, 2007 | The Boston Globe
“…No historical moment could ever capture in its entirety the promise of American equality. But if you had to choose just one date, you might go with Nov. 7, 1967. It was on that Election Day in Cleveland 40 years ago that Carl B. Stokes, great-grandson of a slave, became the first black mayor of a major American city by defeating Seth Taft, grandson of a president….”…BS
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