Louis Stokes (February 23, 1925 – August 18, 2015) was an American attorney, civil rights pioneer and politician.

[3] He and his brother, politician Carl B. Stokes, lived in one of the first federally funded housing projects, the Outhwaite Homes.

He argued the "stop and frisk" case of Terry v. Ohio before the United States Supreme Court in 1968.

[2] In the 1970s, Stokes served as chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations, charged with investigating the murders of President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

[2] Following his time in Congress, Stokes became a distinguished visiting professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.

[4][5] Stokes was a Prince Hall Freemason,[6] and a member of the Cleveland Alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

Stokes retired in 2012 as senior counsel in the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, with offices in Cleveland and Washington.

The exhibit uses photographs, manuscript collections, and personal items to showcase Louis Stokes' rise from the Outhwaite homes, his legal career, and his Congressional service.

[citation needed] Many buildings throughout the country have been named in Stokes honor including: Howard University's medical library, the Cleveland Public Library's main building expansion, and the GCRTA's Windermere station Louis Stokes Station at Windermere.