HARTFORD, CT — The Arc Connecticut has appointed Danielle M. Middlebrooks as its new director of advocacy. Middlebrooks is a nationally respected nonprofit leader and strategic consultant with over a ...

Students at Thirman Milner Middle School watch as a funeral procession approaches the school after funeral services for former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner, Hartford, Dec. 13, 2024.

Hundreds turned out to the Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Hartford on Friday morning to say farewell to Thirman Milner, the city’s first Black mayor and a widely respected pioneer in the civil ...

Hundreds turned out to the Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Hartford on Friday morning to say farewell to Thirman Milner, the city’s first Black mayor and a widely respected pioneer in the civil rights ...

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner was memorialized and laid to rest on Friday. Milner left behind a massive and historic legacy. His life work will be felt throughout the ...

The first Black mayor of New England, Thirman L. Milner, who died at age 91, is lying in state Thursday at the Hartford City Hall.

The community came together on Thursday to honor former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner while he was lying in state at Hartford City Hall on Thursday. Milner was the first Black mayor in all of New ...

Former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner lies in state at Hartford City Hall US strikes on Iran ‘less devastating than expected’, intercepted calls reveal Michelle Obama Emotionally Shares Impact ...

Milner, who died in November, became both Hartford’s and New England’s first popularly elected Black mayor when he took office in 1981.

Thirman Milner, Hartford Mayor Who Broke Race Barrier, Dies at 91 He grudgingly transitioned from civil rights to politics and became the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England.

Thirman L. Milner, whose election as Hartford’s mayor in 1981 made him the first popularly elected Black mayor of a New England city, an accomplishment tempered by a city charter that gave him ...