Carrie Saxton Perry was the first African American Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut (1987-1993) and first African American to head a major northeastern city. She is a graduate of Howard University School of Law. Perry was a native of Hartford, Connecticut. She attended Howard University in 1949 but left after two years to raise a child. […]

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