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David Norman Dinkins (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 2020) was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993. Dinkins was among the more than 20,000 Montford Point Marines , the first African-American U.S. Marines , from 1945 to 1946. [1]
- 1945–1946
Nov 24, 2020 · David Norman Dinkins was born on July 10, 1927, in Trenton, N.J., the son of Sally and William Harvey Dinkins Jr., who had moved from Virginia the previous year. His parents separated when he was ...
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Nov 24, 2020 · David Norman Dinkins, the genteel first and, to date, only Black mayor of New York City who dedicated much of his public life trying to improve race relations in the nation’s largest city, has ...
David Dinkins (born July 10, 1927, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.—died November 23, 2020, New York, New York) American politician, who served as the first African American mayor of New York City (1990–93). After graduating from high school in 1945, Dinkins attempted to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps but was told that the “Negro quota” had ...
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Apr 2, 2014 · David Norman Dinkins was born on July 10, 1927, in Trenton, New Jersey, to Sally and William Dinkins. His parents separated when he was 6 years old, and Dinkins briefly lived with his mother in ...
Nov 24, 2020 · David Norman Dinkins was born July 10, 1927, in Trenton, N.J. His father, William, was a barber who later turned to selling real estate. His mother, Sarah, was a domestic worker, “cooking and ...
Nov 24, 2020 · Politics Nov 24, 2020 8:53 AM EDT. NEW YORK (AP) — David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate ...
