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Author:
Stokes, Louis, 1925-2015, author.
Title:
The gentleman from Ohio / Louis Stokes with David Chanoff ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis.
Publisher:
Trilliuman imprint of The Ohio State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xxi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Stokes, Louis,--1925-2015.
United States.--House--House--Biography.
Stokes, Louis,--1925-2015.
United States.--House.--House.
African American lawyers--Cleveland--Cleveland--Biography.
African American legislators--United States--Biography.
African American civil rights workers--Biography.
Cleveland (Ohio)--Politics and government.
African American civil rights workers.
African American lawyers.
African American legislators.
Politics and government.
Ohio--Cleveland.
United States.
Biography.
Other Authors:
Chanoff, David, author.
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- writer of foreword.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Poppin' the rag -- Becoming a lawyer -- Criminal defense -- Stop and frisk -- NAACP attorney -- Two brothers: mayor and congressman -- Black political power -- First years in Congress -- Assassination committee -- Martin Luther King Jr -- Moving up the ladder -- Cardinal -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
ISBN:
081421312X
9780814213124
OCLC:
(OCoLC)945948383
LCCN:
2016017093
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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