Carl Stokes

The church was selected by the Cleveland Restoration Society to receive an Ohio Historical Marker for its role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Rev. E.T. Caviness has been serving the Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church since 1961.

A 52-year-old mural in Downtown Cleveland is about to get a facelift. Planners say the painting’s message has a new resonance today.

The man who helped initiate efforts to clean up the Cuyahoga River was remembered in Cleveland Friday. Ben Stefanski, Jr. served as utilities director…

Fifty years ago this Election Day, Cleveland voters picked their first black mayor, Carl Stokes – also the first black mayor of any large American city.…

Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Carl Stokes becoming the first black mayor of a major U.S. city. Throughout 2017, Cuyahoga Community College will…