The Resource The gentleman from Ohio, Louis Stokes with David Chanoff ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis
The gentleman from Ohio, Louis Stokes with David Chanoff ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis
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- Summary
- Louis Stokes was a giant in Ohio politics and one of the most significant figures in the U.S. Congress in recent times. When he arrived in the House of Representatives as a freshman in 1969, there were only six African Americans serving. By the time he retired thirty years later, he had chaired the House Special Committee on the Kennedy and King assassinations, the House Ethics Committee during Abscam, and the House Intelligence Committee during Iran-Contra; he was also a senior member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. Prior to Louis Stokes’s tenure in Congress he served for many years as a criminal defense lawyer and chairman of the Cleveland NAACP Legal Redress Committee. Among the Supreme Court Cases he argued, the Terry “س ُِٰفلَ ئىْٱ”ً كفٱم ىٱ مْهفلْمل فٱ مَُ نُ وٰم �م”َٰ-نى�م ٱٍُ ٰٱىهىَنىكف َٰكفٱمٱ ى َوٰم ك�’ْٰٱ وىٱ”ُْٰ. شوم اممٌَٰفٍ َن ٍُْدوى ُكوىَُْكمٌٱ وٰىٱ فلَ وُٰم ْمٍٍُ�ٱ م�مٱَٰ ى َوٰم ىٌنم فلَ مٌهفك” نُ دوى’ُٱ نىٱْ ٰقفٌك ًمْمِْٱمفَٰىٰ�م—ف فٍ َ�و،ُ �وموٰم ْى َفٌ� ُْىٌُِىٰكٱ، كىَُٰ�ف”ٌٌ ن�هو ٰن ُْوٰم ىِْكَىمٌِٱ وم قمىٌم�مل ى َفلَ وممٌِل مٌفل وٰم �ف” ن ُْءنىْكف َءمٍىْكفٱَ ى َوٰم �لٌُْ نُ فٍىٱَمْٰف ٍءمٍىْكف َىٌُِىٰكٱ
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxi, 257 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- 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
- 9780814213124
- Label
- The gentleman from Ohio
- Title
- The gentleman from Ohio
- Statement of responsibility
- Louis Stokes with David Chanoff ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis
- Subject
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- African American lawyers -- Ohio | Cleveland -- Biography
- African American legislators
- African American legislators -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- Biographies
- Biography
- Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- LAW / Discrimination
- African American civil rights workers
- Politics and government
- Stokes, Louis, 1925-2015
- Stokes, Louis, 1925-2015
- United States
- United States, Congress | House
- United States, Congress | House -- Biography
- Ohio -- Cleveland
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography
- African American lawyers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Louis Stokes was a giant in Ohio politics and one of the most significant figures in the U.S. Congress in recent times. When he arrived in the House of Representatives as a freshman in 1969, there were only six African Americans serving. By the time he retired thirty years later, he had chaired the House Special Committee on the Kennedy and King assassinations, the House Ethics Committee during Abscam, and the House Intelligence Committee during Iran-Contra; he was also a senior member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. Prior to Louis Stokes’s tenure in Congress he served for many years as a criminal defense lawyer and chairman of the Cleveland NAACP Legal Redress Committee. Among the Supreme Court Cases he argued, the Terry “س ُِٰفلَ ئىْٱ”ً كفٱم ىٱ مْهفلْمل فٱ مَُ نُ وٰم �م”َٰ-نى�م ٱٍُ ٰٱىهىَنىكف َٰكفٱمٱ ى َوٰم ك�’ْٰٱ وىٱ”ُْٰ. شوم اممٌَٰفٍ َن ٍُْدوى ُكوىَُْكمٌٱ وٰىٱ فلَ وُٰم ْمٍٍُ�ٱ م�مٱَٰ ى َوٰم ىٌنم فلَ مٌهفك” نُ دوى’ُٱ نىٱْ ٰقفٌك ًمْمِْٱمفَٰىٰ�م—ف فٍ َ�و،ُ �وموٰم ْى َفٌ� ُْىٌُِىٰكٱ، كىَُٰ�ف”ٌٌ ن�هو ٰن ُْوٰم ىِْكَىمٌِٱ وم قمىٌم�مل ى َفلَ وممٌِل مٌفل وٰم �ف” ن ُْءنىْكف َءمٍىْكفٱَ ى َوٰم �لٌُْ نُ فٍىٱَمْٰف ٍءمٍىْكف َىٌُِىٰكٱ
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- OU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1925-2015
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stokes, Louis
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1940 February 21-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Chanoff, David
- Lewis, John
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Stokes, Louis
- United States
- Stokes, Louis
- United States
- African American lawyers
- African American legislators
- African American civil rights workers
- Cleveland (Ohio)
- African American civil rights workers
- African American lawyers
- African American legislators
- Politics and government
- Ohio
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- LAW / Discrimination
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/writerofforeword
- NY0lpeMxy4c
- Label
- The gentleman from Ohio, Louis Stokes with David Chanoff ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis
- Note
- Includes index
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- 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
- Control code
- ocn945948383
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814213124
- Lccn
- 2016017093
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- The gentleman from Ohio, Louis Stokes with David Chanoff ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn945948383
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814213124
- Lccn
- 2016017093
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- African American lawyers -- Ohio | Cleveland -- Biography
- African American legislators
- African American legislators -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- Biographies
- Biography
- Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- LAW / Discrimination
- African American civil rights workers
- Politics and government
- Stokes, Louis, 1925-2015
- Stokes, Louis, 1925-2015
- United States
- United States, Congress | House
- United States, Congress | House -- Biography
- Ohio -- Cleveland
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography
- African American lawyers
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