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He graduated cum laude from Howard University and received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1956. A longtime member of Harlem 's Carver Democratic Club, Dinkins began his electoral career by serving in the New York State Assembly in 1966, eventually advancing to Manhattan borough president. [2]
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Apr 2, 2014 · 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 the 1960s, ascending to city clerk and...
Nov 24, 2020 · David N. Dinkins, New York’s First Black Mayor, Dies at 93. Mr. Dinkins, who served in the early 1990s, was seen as a compromise selection for voters weary of racial unrest, crime and fiscal...
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Apr 26, 2024 · He eventually was drafted and served with the Marines. He went to Howard University on the G.I. Bill (of Rights), studying mathematics (B.S., 1950). In 1953 Dinkins entered Brooklyn Law School and was introduced to politics when he married Joyce Burrows, the daughter of a New York state assemblyman.
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Nov 24, 2020 · Nov. 24, 2020. David N. Dinkins served a single four-year term as New York City’s first and only Black mayor. His tenure has been judged harshly at times, but it was also filled with ...
Nov 24, 2020 · 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, stubborn unemployment and his...
The son of a barber born in 1927 in New Jersey, he studied at Howard University and Brooklyn Law School. He later went on to serve as the city's mayor from 1990 to 1993. His successor, Rudy...
