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‘Trenton makes, Heaven takes:’ David Dinkins dies at 93
David Dinkins with friend and former Trenton mayor Doug Palmer
TRENTON — The capital city lost an icon this week.
David N. Dinkins, a Trenton-born leader who became New York’s first and only Black mayor in the 1990s, died Monday of natural causes. He was 93.
“Trenton makes, Heaven takes,” former Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer said of his late friend and mentor Dinkins. “I am deeply saddened. However, he lived a truly wonderful and blessed life. He had a wonderful wife, children, grandchildren and a host of friends who really loved, respected and admired him. He was one of Trenton’s own, and there’s so many people he grew up with, including my mother, who was just so proud of him.”
Dinkins and Palmer both grew up on Spring Street. Dinkins distinguished himself as a man of service and became New York’s mayor on Jan. 1, 1990. Six months later, Palmer became Trenton’s first Black mayor in July of that year.
“He personally meant a lot to me,” Palmer said of Dinkins. “He supported me and helped me raise money when I ran for freeholder, and when he was mayor of New York he campaigned for me for mayor and guided me in my years as mayor.”
Although he became mayor of America’s largest city, Dinkins had always “bragged about Trenton,” Palmer said Tuesday in an interview with The Trentonian. “He let everyone know he was from Trenton. He gave back to Trenton.”
Dinkins graduated from Trenton Central High School in 1945 and later graduated with honors from the HBCU Howard University with a degree in mathematics. He also received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School, according to his biography as featured on the New York City website.
Never forgetting his roots, Dinkins was a prominent supporter of the nonprofit National Junior Tennis and Learning of Trenton organization.
NJTLT embarked on a public-private partnership in 2010 to redevelop the Cadwalader Park tennis facility here, and the former New York City mayor embraced the project every step of the way, according to Palmer.
Well before becoming mayor of the Big Apple, Dinkins in 1945 and 1946 served as a so-called Montford Point Marine, a moniker for the first African-Americans to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps.
“They paved the way for an unbiased Marine Corps and unknowingly played a part in the ongoing Civil Rights Movement,” Sgt. Austin Hazard wrote in a 2012 article published in Pass in Review, a military publication. “These men served as equals with their white peers, but were treated as second-class citizens.”
The trailblazing Dinkins served as mayor of New York City from 1990 through 1993, a turbulent time by all accounts.
“He was a great mayor and history will show that,” Palmer said of the late legend. “He had some tough times in there, but he accomplished a lot.”
“He was up against a recession and horrible crime that was going throughout the country,” Palmer added, “but he held it together. It could have been worse if it wasn’t a person like him at the helm.”
After his historic election in 1989, the Democratic Mayor Dinkins lost re-election by a narrow margin to then-Republican challenger Rudy Giuliani.
Dinkins had prior health troubles before his death on Monday.
According to the Associated Press, he had a pacemaker inserted in August 2008, underwent an emergency appendectomy in October 2007 and previously recovered from a bacterial infection in 1992. Dinkins’ wife, Joyce, died several weeks ago at the age of 89.
The former New York City mayor is survived by his son, David Jr., daughter, Donna and two grandchildren.
“He was a wonderful person,” Palmer said of Dinkins. “He’s gone, but he certainly won’t be forgotten.”
Gov. Phil Murphy offered his condolences and said flags will be flown at half-staff in Dinkins’ honor here in New Jersey.
“The son of a Trenton barber and real estate broker, David Dinkins rose to lead New York City out of a time of political turmoil, seeking with a steady hand to heal longstanding rifts that had divided its residents,” Murphy said Tuesday in a press statement. “He faced early on the forces of discrimination that he would later commit his public career to breaking down when, as a student at Trenton Central High School, he wasn’t allowed to use the school’s swimming pool because of the color of his skin. That he was New York’s first Black mayor cemented a place for him in history, but he brought in other leaders who mirrored the city’s diversity, and initiated many of the changes that renewed its place on the world stage as a cultural center.”
Dinkins graduated from Trenton Central High School in 1945 and “looked forward to the dedication ceremony for the new Trenton Central High School last year but was unable to attend due to declining health,” Mayor Reed Gusciora said Tuesday in a press statement. “But I’m sure his memory will live on and inspire future generations of Trentonians to improve the lives of the disadvantaged, not just here but throughout the country.”
“Mayor Dinkins often came back to visit our city over the years,” Gusciora said. “I like to think that living in this city helped shape his progressive positions on economic and racial equality, taking the values we hold dearly in Trenton and broadcasting them to an even bigger stage
David Dinkins with friend and former Trenton mayor Doug Palmer
TRENTON — The capital city lost an icon this week.
David N. Dinkins, a Trenton-born leader who became New York’s first and only Black mayor in the 1990s, died Monday of natural causes. He was 93.
“Trenton makes, Heaven takes,” former Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer said of his late friend and mentor Dinkins. “I am deeply saddened. However, he lived a truly wonderful and blessed life. He had a wonderful wife, children, grandchildren and a host of friends who really loved, respected and admired him. He was one of Trenton’s own, and there’s so many people he grew up with, including my mother, who was just so proud of him.”
Dinkins and Palmer both grew up on Spring Street. Dinkins distinguished himself as a man of service and became New York’s mayor on Jan. 1, 1990. Six months later, Palmer became Trenton’s first Black mayor in July of that year.
“He personally meant a lot to me,” Palmer said of Dinkins. “He supported me and helped me raise money when I ran for freeholder, and when he was mayor of New York he campaigned for me for mayor and guided me in my years as mayor.”
Although he became mayor of America’s largest city, Dinkins had always “bragged about Trenton,” Palmer said Tuesday in an interview with The Trentonian. “He let everyone know he was from Trenton. He gave back to Trenton.”
Dinkins graduated from Trenton Central High School in 1945 and later graduated with honors from the HBCU Howard University with a degree in mathematics. He also received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School, according to his biography as featured on the New York City website.
Never forgetting his roots, Dinkins was a prominent supporter of the nonprofit National Junior Tennis and Learning of Trenton organization.
NJTLT embarked on a public-private partnership in 2010 to redevelop the Cadwalader Park tennis facility here, and the former New York City mayor embraced the project every step of the way, according to Palmer.
Well before becoming mayor of the Big Apple, Dinkins in 1945 and 1946 served as a so-called Montford Point Marine, a moniker for the first African-Americans to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps.
“They paved the way for an unbiased Marine Corps and unknowingly played a part in the ongoing Civil Rights Movement,” Sgt. Austin Hazard wrote in a 2012 article published in Pass in Review, a military publication. “These men served as equals with their white peers, but were treated as second-class citizens.”
The trailblazing Dinkins served as mayor of New York City from 1990 through 1993, a turbulent time by all accounts.
“He was a great mayor and history will show that,” Palmer said of the late legend. “He had some tough times in there, but he accomplished a lot.”
“He was up against a recession and horrible crime that was going throughout the country,” Palmer added, “but he held it together. It could have been worse if it wasn’t a person like him at the helm.”
After his historic election in 1989, the Democratic Mayor Dinkins lost re-election by a narrow margin to then-Republican challenger Rudy Giuliani.
Dinkins had prior health troubles before his death on Monday.
According to the Associated Press, he had a pacemaker inserted in August 2008, underwent an emergency appendectomy in October 2007 and previously recovered from a bacterial infection in 1992. Dinkins’ wife, Joyce, died several weeks ago at the age of 89.
The former New York City mayor is survived by his son, David Jr., daughter, Donna and two grandchildren.
“He was a wonderful person,” Palmer said of Dinkins. “He’s gone, but he certainly won’t be forgotten.”
Gov. Phil Murphy offered his condolences and said flags will be flown at half-staff in Dinkins’ honor here in New Jersey.
“The son of a Trenton barber and real estate broker, David Dinkins rose to lead New York City out of a time of political turmoil, seeking with a steady hand to heal longstanding rifts that had divided its residents,” Murphy said Tuesday in a press statement. “He faced early on the forces of discrimination that he would later commit his public career to breaking down when, as a student at Trenton Central High School, he wasn’t allowed to use the school’s swimming pool because of the color of his skin. That he was New York’s first Black mayor cemented a place for him in history, but he brought in other leaders who mirrored the city’s diversity, and initiated many of the changes that renewed its place on the world stage as a cultural center.”
Dinkins graduated from Trenton Central High School in 1945 and “looked forward to the dedication ceremony for the new Trenton Central High School last year but was unable to attend due to declining health,” Mayor Reed Gusciora said Tuesday in a press statement. “But I’m sure his memory will live on and inspire future generations of Trentonians to improve the lives of the disadvantaged, not just here but throughout the country.”
“Mayor Dinkins often came back to visit our city over the years,” Gusciora said. “I like to think that living in this city helped shape his progressive positions on economic and racial equality, taking the values we hold dearly in Trenton and broadcasting them to an even bigger stage
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Hail!!
Met him when he first ran for Mayor, he came to my projects & even tho I wasn't old enough to vote he spoke to a breh a bit beyond the usual stay in school speil. I made sure I came back home to vote when he ran for re-election.
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this maga shyt nuffin new to NY'ers we seen the early stages to it w/ that cop riot he led, Bensonhurst & Howard Beach shyt erry1 of them cacs grew up to rock red hats
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this maga shyt nuffin new to NY'ers we seen the early stages to it w/ that cop riot he led, Bensonhurst & Howard Beach shyt erry1 of them cacs grew up to rock red hats
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The GOAT New York City Mayor.
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