Black community prays for retired Ohio congressman Louis Stokes, who is seriously ill with lung and brain cancer, Stokes is Ohio's first Black congressperson and the brother of the late Carl B. Stokes, the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city....State Representative Bill Patmon comments, says Louis Stokes is a legend and is irreplaceable....By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news
Retired 11th congressional district congressman Louis Stokes, and his wife, Jay Stokes. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under five different editors, at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio- Retired U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes of Shaker Heights, Ohio, the state's first Black congressperson and the only sibling of the late Carl B. Stokes, the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city, is battling lung and brain cancer, and is reportedly seriously ill. "I've made it my career in fighting for the people of Ohio, but now I must devote my time and