Henry Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond, Virginia, died on Jan. 23 at 91 years of age, after a lifetime of serving his city.

Henry Marsh, a longtime Virginia lawmaker and first Black mayor of Richmond, has died. He served as Richmond mayor from 1977 to 1982.

RICHMOND, Va. — Henry Marsh, a longtime Virginia lawmaker and first Black mayor of Richmond, has died. Marsh, 91, served Richmond as a senator in the Virginia General Assembly from 1992 thru 2014.

Henry L. Marsh III to lie in state Thursday at Virginia Capitol Marsh, a civil rights lawyer and the first Black mayor of Richmond, served in the state Senate for 22 years. He died Jan. 23 at 91.

Henry L. Marsh III, a civil rights lawyer and long-serving Virginia state senator who in 1977 became the first Black mayor of Richmond, ushering in an era of African American leadership in the ...

Henry Marsh III, the first Black Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, died on Jan. 23; following his death, Marsh was described by ...

Condolences are pouring in tonight following the death of prominent Virginia Civil Rights Activist Henry Marsh. Marsh was a civil rights attorney practicing with Oliver Hill; he led more than 50 ...

Henry L. Marsh III, a civil rights lawyer and long-serving Virginia state senator who in 1977 became the first Black mayor of ...

Marsh was a civil rights attorney practicing with Oliver Hill; he led more than 50 desegregation cases. He was also Richmond's first black mayor, before becoming a state senator in 1991.