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

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 ...

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

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

Former Hartford mayor Thirman Milner, known for becoming the first Black mayor in all of New England, has died at the age of 91, officials confirmed to NBC Connecticut. Milner became the first ...

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

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.

Former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner, the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England, has died, the Connecticut NAACP ...

HARTFORD, Conn. – 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 ...