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193:“New York is not a melting pot,” Dinkins writes, “but a gorgeous mosaic… of race and religious faith, of national origin and sexual orientation – of individuals whose families arrived yesterday and generations ago, coming through Ellis Island, or Kennedy Airport, or on Greyhound buses bound for the Port Authority.” 184:
said, "Mr. Dinkins offers insights into his views on race, a subject that he typically skirted as the city’s first African-American mayor, and into how being black shaped his personality." Dinkins accuses his Republican opponent, Rudy Giuliani, of running a racist campaign but says that was not the
154:; the restoration of dilapidated housing in Northern Harlem, the South Bronx and Brooklyn; the deal to keep the US Tennis Open in New York City, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg has called "the only good athletic sports stadium deal, not just in New York but in the country"; and the hosting of 150:, his political career beginning at the Carver Democratic Club and moving through jobs as City Clerk and Manhattan borough president to his election as mayor. Dinkins discusses his administration's successes, including an historic decrease in the city's crime rate; the cleanup of 170:
in Brooklyn. He writes, “There was no order given, there was no unstated code, there was no tacit understanding, there was nothing anytime or anywhere that authorized the police not to do their jobs, to stand down, to allow the black community to attack Jews and create mayhem.”
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on the South African diplomat's first international visit after being freed from prison. He also discusses its difficulties.
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called it a "moving... inspiring account of New York's first black mayor." Set against the backdrop of the rise of
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Black, Blind, & in Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity
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And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress
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A Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic
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A Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic
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A Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic
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David N. Dinkins
Memoir
PublicAffairs Books
ISBN
978-1-61-039301-0
New York City
David N. Dinkins
Peter Knobler
PublicAffairs Books
Ed Koch
Rudy Giuliani
The New York Times
Harlem
Barack Obama
Trenton, NJ
U.S. Marine Corps
Howard University
Brooklyn Law School
Times Square
Nelson Mandela
Crown Heights riot
The New York Times
"Mayor Dinkins' life recalled in wit and humor'"
KCTV5
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Their Honors"
Book Review: A Mayor's Life
David Dinkins on Tavis Smiley radio program

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