Douglas Palmer served as Trenton, New Jersey's first African-American mayor from 1990 to 2010. From 2006 to 2008, he was president of the United States Conference of Mayors.
He was born in Trenton and attended Trenton public schools. He then graduated from the Bordentown Military Institute in Bordentown, New Jersey.
Douglas Palmer is a graduate of Virginia's private black college Hampton University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management in 1973.
Even though we have an African American president, and African Americans, Latinos, and women in just about every position, it is still very difficult. Race is an issue. Gender is an issue. Sexual preference is an issue. We still have a long way to go. I believe that most people you don't like a...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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