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 ...

Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced a final extension on Monday for the more than 100 people that were forced out of their ...

Milner was also a former president and lifetime member of the Greater Hartford NAACP. They say he tirelessly advocated for ...

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

Four days after a mother and her baby son were killed in Hartford, police say the man they’re looking for has been found and ...

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

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

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

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

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