<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Stokes" id="mwAT4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Carl Stokes">Carl B. Stokes</a> is elected as Mayor of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" id="mwAT8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, becoming the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" id="mwAUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">African American</a> mayor of a major American city.