He grudgingly transitioned from civil rights to politics and became the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England.
Milner was also a former president and lifetime member of the Greater Hartford NAACP. They say he tirelessly advocated for ...
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Funeral services for Thirman Milner, the first Black mayor of Hartford, will be held Friday, Dec. 13, the Greater Hartford NAACP announced Wednesday. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon at the ...
The Connecticut NAACP says that former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner has died HARTFORD, Conn. -- Former Hartford Mayor ...
Former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner died Friday. He was 91. Milner was 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 ...
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Former Hartford mayor Thirman Milner, known for becoming the first Black mayor in all of New England, has died at the age of ...
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.
It’s just heartbreaking. It’s devastating. It should never happen,” Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam said. He says the deaths are a tragedy requiring multiple approaches. First was getting ...