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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 10:46:32+00:00

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Charles V. Carr was a man of many firsts.
Charles V. Carr founded the first black insurance company in the US. Charles V. Carr founded the first black owned bank in Ohio. He was responsible for initiating and getting passed the first civil rights legislation relating to desegregation, fair housing and employment practices. The first African American Majority Leader of the Cleveland City Council. Charles V. Carr was the first “Godfather” of African American politicians, and some say he was the only one that ever existed. He was known as “The Dean” of city council and the “Old Fox” during his almost 40 years as a Cleveland Councilman. There was hardly a democratic and even some republican politicians that he did not help to win public office during his active political career. At all levels of government, candidates would vie for his support in seeking public office. City, county, state and federal office seekers came to him for his support in gaining votes, finances and direction in making their campaigns successful.
Charles Carr was a democrat when it was unpopular to be a democrat. His efforts and loyalty to the democratic party resulted in his being labeled as a left winger since at the time Black people were still embracing the party of Lincoln. By the early 1960’s he was named the majority leader. Charles Carr had become like a roman gladiator in the field of politics. Charles V. Carr was a notable name in the Kennedy administration, which had considered him for an ambassador’s slot.
It was Charles V. Carr who almost single handedly stopped the Cleveland Police Department from running wild in the Black community by inappropriately frisking women and breaking into homes without warrants for search and siezure.

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