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August 20, 2015

Louis Stokes, Ohio's First African-American Congressman, Dies at 90 
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And Louis Stokes, the first African-American congressmember from Ohio
and a leading advocate for the poor, has died at the age of 90. Stokes
served in the House of Representatives for three decades. He led a
special investigation into the assassinations of President John F.
Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. which concluded they may have
involved conspiracies. Stokes was also a founder of the Congressional
Black Caucus. He died of lung and brain cancer Tuesday at home in Ohio.

 

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