Milner was the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England. He served as Hartford’s Democratic mayor from 1981 to 1987 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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