Browsing: who were putting their lives and jobs on the line. These were the ones who had to live there after we were back in the safety of our homes ‘up north.’”

       Thirman L. Milner, whose election as Hartford’s mayor in 1981 made him the first popularly elected Black mayor of a New England city, an accomplishment tempered by a city charter that gave him scant power over three two-year terms, died Friday. He was 91.