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David Norman Dinkins (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 2020) was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993. Dinkins was among the more than 20,000 Montford Point Marines, the first African-American U.S. Marines, from 1945 to 1946. [ 1]
The 1989 New York City mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 7. Incumbent Mayor Ed Koch, who had served since 1978, ran for an unprecedented fourth term in office but was defeated in the Democratic Party primary by Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins. Dinkins went on to narrowly defeat U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of ...
The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association Riot, also known as the City Hall Riot, was a rally organized and sponsored by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of the City of New York (PBA) held on September 16, 1992, to protest mayor David Dinkins ' proposal to create a civilian agency to investigate police misconduct. [ 1][ 2] Approximately ...
David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of a riot ...
Tributes poured in from both sides of the political aisle for David Dinkins on Tuesday after the first Black mayor of New York died at 93 on Monday evening. Mayor de Blasio led a chorus of ...
David Dinkins, who served as mayor of New York City in the early 1990s, has died at the age of 93. Dinkins, a one-term Harlem Democrat, served as mayor from 1990 to 1993, preceded by Mayor Ed Koch ...
Alma mater. Howard University. Joyce Elizabeth Dinkins ( née Burrows; December 22, 1930 – October 10, 2020) was an American children's rights activist, literacy advocate, civil servant, and wife of former New York City mayor David Dinkins. She was the first lady of New York City from 1990 to 1993, becoming the city's first African American ...
Dinkins died at his home in the Upper East Side in the city where he served as its 106th mayor for one term from 1990 to 1993. New York City lost a political giant as its first Black mayor, David ...