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About Louis Stokes
Louis Stokes was an American attorney, civil rights pioneer and politician. He served 15 terms in the United States House of Representatives – representing the east side of Cleveland – and was the first African American congressman elected in the state of Ohio. He was one of the Cold War era chairmen of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, headed the Congressional Black Caucus, and was the first African American on the United States House Committee on Appropriations.
Everything about Louis Stokes →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge, lecturer
- Position held
- United States representative, United States representative, United States representative, United States representative
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 23, 1925
- Died
- August 18, 2015