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The same was true of Cleveland, which elected its last Republican Mayor in 1941. It elected Republican city auditor Ralph Perk on Tuesday. Perk received about 44 per cent of the vote to 33 per cent for black independent Arnold Pinkney, Mayor Carl Stokes' choice. The third candidate, white liberal...
CLEVELAND. No matter what guise it takes-crime, impending bankruptcy, inadequate service-there is only one campaign issue in Cleveland: Carl Stokes. Last April, as Stokes announced that he would retire from city hall, the city was fouled with bitter black-white acrimony. Whites held him responsible for dividing the...
But Stokes was determined to choose his successor and, in doing so, prove that blacks could serve as a major force in Democratic Party politics. The first test was the Democratic primary, which matched City Council President Anthony J. Garofoli, a virulent Stokes antagonist, against James Carney, a moderate with...
Observers now predict that Carney and the third candidate in the race, conservative Republican Ralph Perk, who lost to Stokes in 1969 by 3,500 votes, will split the white vote. Thus, if Pinkney can win between 90% and 95% of the black voters-as Stokes predicts-he is a...
While thousands, including the black schoolchildren of Chicago, filed past the displays of cosmetic manufacturers, restaurateurs, modeling agencies and contractors and clothiers, black officials moved in to give workshops and strategy lessons. Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes appeared to plead for grass-root political organization aimed at electing black politicians in...