He grudgingly transitioned from civil rights to politics and became the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England.

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

The schedule for services on Friday, December 13 start at 10 a.m. to Noon for the wake and calling hours at Metropolitan AME ...

Thirman Milner, whose election as Hartford’s mayor in 1981 made him the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England, ...

The Connecticut NAACP says that former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner has died. He was 91. Milner was the first popularly ...

Former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner, the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England, has died, the Connecticut NAACP said on Friday. He was 91. Milner's death was announced Friday ...

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

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

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.

Thirman Milner, the first popularly elected Black mayor of a New England city, has died. The Connecticut NAACP said in a ...

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