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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

For more than 24 years, Melanie Stewart, a longtime Yampa Valley resident, has called the Milner Mobile Home Park home. “I’ve ...

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

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.