David Dinkins, New York City's First Black Mayor, Dies At 93
Dinkins, who defeated incumbent Ed Koch in the Democratic mayoral primary, went on to lead the city in the 1990s during a time of economic and racial strife.
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David Dinkins, New York City's only African-American mayor, died Monday night at 93.
Dinkins led New York as its mayor during the early 1990s, a "the greatest job there is."
