David Dinkins, New York City's 1st Black mayor, dies at 93

David Dinkins, New York City's 1st Black mayor, dies at 93

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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 race riot in Brooklyn, has died. He was 93.

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