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DonViejo

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1. I was 20 yrs old and worked on Carl Stokes' campaign in '67. On primary night, he brought down the

Reply to qwlauren35 (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 02:04 PM

Feb 2018

entrenched Democratic machine. Damn! How we celebrated. And then, on General Election night, he defeated the GOP candidate, Seth Taft. I jumped on the elevator to go up to the Mayor-elect's suite with four other men, one of whom was Dr. Martin Luther King. A fond memory of mine, both the election and meeting Dr. King; "I rode on an elevator with Martin Luther King!"

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I was 20 yrs old and worked on Carl Stokes' campaign in '67. On primary night, he brought down the DonViejo Feb 2018 #1

Wow! qwlauren35 Feb 2018 #2