David N Dinkins
David Norman Dinkins was the first African American mayor of New York from 1989 to 1993. ... His stepmother, Lottie Dinkins, was a high school English teacher who encouraged strong academia, and during his high school career he was elected homeroom class president over his white classmate at a majority white Trenton High. After graduating in 1945, Dinkins decided to enlist in the U. ... Dinkins attended Howard University where he joined Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated at Beta Chapter in 1946 and graduated magna cum laude in 1950. Upon graduation from Howard, he furthered his education at Brooklyn Law School in 1953, advanced to joining Dyett and Phipps Firm in 1956, a year later changing it to Dyett, Alexander, and Dinkins Firm, and then proceeded to run for mayor of New York City.