HARTFORD, Conn. -- Former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner, the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England, has died, ...

The first Black mayor of New England, Thirman L. Milner, has died at age 91, according to the Connecticut NAACP. The ...

Former Hartford mayor Thirman Milner, known for becoming the first Black mayor in all of New England, has died at the age of ...

Gov. Ned Lamont called the former Hartford mayor, who served in the role from 1981 to 1987, "a civil rights icon." ...

Thirman Milner, the trailblazing former mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, and the first popularly elected Black mayor in New ...

A former Hartford mayor is being remembered as a pioneer and trailblazer for his community. Thirman Milner died Friday at the ...

Thirman Milner, mayor of Hartford from 1981 to 1987, was the first Black mayor elected in New England. He died at 91.

Milner served as the mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, from 1981 to 1987. The first Black mayor in New England and former mayor ...

Bysiewicz said, “Connecticut mourns the loss of a trailblazing civil rights activist and community leader who became the first Black mayor of Hartford and in New England.

Former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner, the first Black mayor in New England, passes away at 91. Remembered for his strides in equity and justice.

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