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‘He made Virginia better’: Richmond mourns the loss of trailblazing former Mayor Henry Marsh III
Richmond said its final goodbye today to one of its most influential leaders, Henry Marsh III, the city’s first Black mayor ...
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‘A legitimate hero’: Remembering Henry Marsh
Richmond’s first African American mayor Henry Marsh III died at 91 years old on Friday. “Mr. Marsh is a legitimate hero,” said Hanover NAACP president Pat Jordan, who knew Marsh personally and ...
Henry Marsh, civil rights activist and first black mayor of Richmond dies at 91
Condolences are pouring in tonight following the death of prominent Virginia Civil Rights Activist Henry Marsh.
Henry Marsh, first Black mayor of Richmond, dies at 91
After beginning his career as a civil rights lawyer, he helped usher in an era of African American leadership in the former capital of the Confederacy.