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On November 7, 1967, Democrat Carl B. Stokes was elected Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Stokes was the first African American to be elected mayor of a major U.S. city. In this video, Stokes speaks to his supporters following his victory, saying: “I can find no more fitting way to end this appeal by saying to all of you, in the most serious and in the most meaningful way that I can, that truly never before have I ever known to the extent that I know tonight the full meaning of the words ‘God Bless America.’”
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