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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.
Nov 24, 2020 · David N. Dinkins, a barber’s son who became New York City’s first Black mayor on the wings of racial harmony but who was turned out by voters after one term over his handling of racial violence...
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Apr 2, 2014 · (1927-2020) Who Was David Dinkins? Born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1927, David Dinkins attended Howard University and Brooklyn Law School. He began his career in New York City politics in...
Nov 24, 2020 · Getty Images. The first and only black mayor of New York City, David Dinkins, has died at the age of 93. Officers were called to his home on Monday evening, New York police were quoted by the...
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...
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Nov 24, 2020 · FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, file photo, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins speaks during a ceremony to rename the Manhattan Municipal Building to the David N. Dinkins Building, in New York. Dinkins, New York City’s first African-American mayor, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Nov 24, 2020 · NEW YORK — 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, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling...
