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 ...

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 ...

Services for former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner have been announced for Friday. The schedule for services on Friday, December 13 start at 10 a.m. to Noon for the wake and calling hours at ...

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

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - The first black mayor of Hartford and New England, Thirman L. Milner, has died. The Connecticut ...

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

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 ...

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