David Dinkins
David Dinkins

David Dinkins. Actor: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. David Dinkins is an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th Mayor of New York City, from 1990 to 1993. He was the first African American to hold that office. Before entering politics, Dinkins was among the more than 20,000 Montford Point Marines, the first African-American U.S. Marines (trained 1942-1949; Dinkins' service was 1945-1946); he graduated cum laude from...