NEW YORK (AP) — 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...

David Norman Dinkins, the genteel first and, to date, only Black mayor of New York City who dedicated much of his public life trying to improve race relations in the nation’s largest city, has...

David Dinkins (born July 10, 1927, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.—died November 23, 2020, New York, New York) was an American politician, who served as the first African American mayor of New York City (1990–93).

On New Year’s Day in 1990, David Dinkins took command of a city exhausted by racial tension. Two recent crimes — the attack of a woman known as the Central Park jogger and the murder of a black...

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1927, David Dinkins attended Howard University and Brooklyn Law School. He began his career in New York City politics in the 1960s, ascending to city clerk...

A tribute to the first and only Black mayor of New York City, who faced a quarter century of crisis and racism. Learn how Dinkins reduced crime, improved housing, and faced Giuliani's racist attacks.

David Dinkins, who broke barriers when he was elected New York City's first Black mayor, died Monday at the age of 93, police said.

JTA — David Dinkins, the first Black mayor of New York City, died at age 93 on Monday, nearly three decades after losing a reelection bid in part over his response to riots in a Black...

David Dinkins, New York City's only African American mayor, died Monday night at 93. Dinkins led New York in the early 1990s as its mayor, a position he called "the greatest job...