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.
What's interesting about this is we're talking about barriers. Whether you're in politics, whether you're an entrepreneur, or you want to be an entrepreneur, or you're in business, there is always going to be barriers. There's always going to be obstacles. What's important is how you deal with it...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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