no doubt about it. >> hazel dukes, thanks so much for being with us this afternoon. always a pleasure. >> thank you much. the nation has recently lost another political trailblazer, this one with close ties to the wabc tv family. congressman louis stokes, the first african-american from ohio elected to the house of representatives died last week. among the family members at his side, his daughter, our own lori stokes. he was 90 years old and battled brain and lung cancer. eyewitness news anchor bill ritter has a look at the legacy louis stokes leaves behind. >> louis stokes was raised poor, living in one of the country's first federally funded housing projects in cleveland. >> i've been fortunate enough to rise from having begun in poverty to become a lawyer. >> stokes and his brother, carl, who became the first african-american elected mayor of a major city, came to represent a revolution in civil rights that would eventually see the election of blacks around the country. lou stokes started his career as a lawyer for the naacp, representing many of the activists fig