I have NEVER seen a funeral service for a #Mayor quite like this. It is like a #President has died! #ThirmanMilner was an ICON. Let his legacy of opening doors for others now live on, in us all. #RIPThirmanMilner #MakeGoodTrouble #CTPolitics 🙏💔

Honored to celebrate the life of #Former #Mayor #ThirmanMilner this afternoon. A trailblazer and an icon for the @CityofHTFD, our state and our nation. He leaves behind very difficult shoes to fill. A legacy must now live on, in us all. 🙏 #RIPThirmanMilner #MakeGoodTrouble 💔

@RepJohnLarson former @CityofHTFD #Mayor @EddiePerez and former #StateSenator #EricColeman (Who succeeded #ThirmanMilner in the #CTStateSenate) speak at his memorial service this morning. #RIPThirmanMilner 💔🙏

#ThirmanMilner was a #Connecticut icon, a @CityofHTFD trailblazer and a selfless/dedicated public servant for our entire NATION. He leaves behind very difficult shoes to fill as well as a legacy, that must now live on, in us all. 🙏💔 #RIPThirmanMilner #MakeGoodTrouble 🙏

#ThirmanMilner retired from the #CTStateSenate in 1994, to fight Cancer. He went on to live another THREE decades. He was a fighter throughout his life and a fighter for justice and #EqualityforAll of us. May his memory be a blessing. May his legacy live on. #RIPThirmanMilner 🙏

It will be an honor to attend his funeral tomorrow, joined by @TheRevAl Sharpton and others. He leaves behind very difficult shoes to fill, with a legacy that must live on, in us all. #RIPThirmanMilner 🙏 #MakeGoodTrouble #CTPolitics #HartfordHasIt

#RIPThirmanMilner An icon and a trailblazer who was the first Black #Mayor in all of #NewEngland A legacy of selfless service must now live on and be carried forward, in us all. 🙏💔 #MakeGoodTrouble #RIP #CTPolitics #CTGov #AllPoliticsisLocal #HartfordHasIt #HartfordCityHall 🙏

#RIPThirmanMilner 🙏😢

attendance! Today and tomorrow, we remember this iconic Man who leaves behind very difficult shoes to fill, as well as a legacy that must now live on, in us all. #RIPThirmanMilner #CTPolitics #HartfordHasIt 🙏

#ThirmanMilner former #StateRep #StateSenator and #Mayor of @CityofHTFD The first Black #Mayor in all of #NewEngland An icon, a trailblazer and a friend. He will be missed and it will be an honor to attend his funeral on #Friday #RIPThirmanMilner #CTPolitics 💔🙏

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#ThirmanMilner was an icon and a trailblazer who served the @CityofHTFD at both the State and Local level and was the first #AfricanAmerican elected #Mayor in all of #NewEngland May his legacy live on and his memory be a blessing! 🙏 #RIPThirmanMilner 💔

Whoever writes the history books, will describe #ThirmanMilner and #MichaelPeters as the greatest #Mayors the @CityofHTFD has EVER had. Now they are both back in the heavens together. #RIPThirmanMilner #RestinPower 💔🙏 #HartfordHasIt #CTPolitics

#ThirmanMilner and #MikePeters are by far, the greatest #Mayors our city has ever had. PERIOD! #RIPThirmanMilner #RestinPower 🙏

When they name schools after you while you're still alive, you must have done something great. #RIPThirmanMilner #RestinPower 🙏

New England's first Black mayor Thirman Milner has died at age 91 Former Hartford mayor Thirman Milner, known for becoming the first Black mayor in all of New England, has died at the age of 91, officials confirmed to NBC Connecticut. Milner became the first African...

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#ThirmanMilner was a @CityofHTFD legend, a #Connecticut icon and a trailblazer for our entire nation. He leaves behind very difficult shoes to fill with a legacy that must now live on, in us all. May his memory be a blessing. 🙏 #RIPThirmanMilner 💔

@NAACPCT We will miss him dearly and he also leaves behind some increadible shoes to fill. May his memory be a blessing. #RIPThirmanMilner 😢💔 #CTPolitics #HartfordHasIt 🙏

Just DAYS after the death of #JodiRell, #Connecticut has lost ANOTHER icon. Former #StateRep #StateSenator and #Mayor of @CityofHTFD #ThirmanMilner The first Black #Mayor in all of #NewEngland A legacy must now live on, in us all. May his memory be a blessing #RIPThirmanMilner 💔