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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, 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 ...
Nov 24, 2020 · 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 of a riot in Brooklyn, has died. He was 93. Read his biography, achievements and legacy in this obituary.
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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- Robert D. McFadden
Nov 24, 2020 · David Dinkins, who broke barriers when he was elected New York City's first Black mayor, died Monday at the age of 93, police said. Dinkins, who spoke lovingly of New York City at his inaugural ...
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- The Associated Press
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Nov 23, 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 · Dinkins, New York City’s first African-American mayor, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File) FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1989, file photo, Democratic candidate David Dinkins and his wife, Joyce, give thumbs-up to supporters after he won the mayoral race in New York. Dinkins, New York City’s first African ...
