Stokes Cleveland Timeline Carl 1957

Louis graduated from Cleveland-Marshall Law School in 1953, and Carl from the same school in 1956. In 1957, they formed the partnership of Stokes and Stokes. Three years after the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) they joined the growing number of African-American lawyers who embraced law not only as a career but as a means of changing a nation. That legal foundation would make possible the political achievements that were to follow.

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	1957 Carl passes Bar Exam / Stokes & Stokes law partnership formed with Louis ___________________________________________


	‘Negroes With a Future’ from Onyx Magazine, Louis Stokes Manuscripts Collection WRHS click on image for larger image in new window
	Louis graduated from Cleveland-Marshall Law School in 1953, and Carl from the same school in 1956. In 1957, they formed the partnership of Stokes and Stokes. Three years after the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) they joined the growing number of African-American lawyers who embraced law not only as a career but as a means of changing a nation. That legal foundation would make possible the political achievements that were to follow. To see the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law website: http://www.law.csuohio.edu/ht tp://www.law.csuohio.edu/
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