Some might see Henry L. Marsh III’s passing as the end of an era. But that would miss what his life meant to the world. Henry Marsh was more than Richmond’s first Black mayor, more than a ...

Henry L. Marsh III ... affronts to my dignity also motivated me to do something constructive,” Marsh wrote. The book chronicled his work as a civil rights lawyer alongside such luminaries ...

The death of former president Jimmy Carter in late December compelled Willie Dell to reach out to her old friend Henry L. Marsh III. She’d met Marsh in 1973, when he and fellow Richmond City ...

Marsh, born and raised in Richmond, had an elementary school named after him in 2020. Henry Marsh III, the first Black Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, died on Jan. 23. Following his death ...

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 Marsh was a friend, mentor, and role model. He played an important role in my public service career, for which I will be forever grateful. His life was a testament to the power of ...

Henry Marsh, D-Richmond, at an event hosted by the ... of third- and fourth-hand books and of a cramped one-room school. He could have gone for the jugular emotionally. He didn’t.

Courtesy of Henry L. Marsh III Elementary School ... dignity also motivated me to do something constructive,” Marsh wrote. The book chronicles Marsh’s work as a civil rights lawyer and ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond’s first African American mayor Henry Marsh III died at 91 years old on Friday. Marsh was a political trailblazer, with his impact spanning far beyond Richmond ...

They came by the hundreds from near and far on Saturday to say farewell to civil rights legend Henry L. Marsh III — and to promise to keep faith with his battles for justice and community.

Henry Marsh, a longtime Virginia lawmaker and first Black mayor of Richmond, has died. He served as Richmond mayor from 1977 to 1982. Trump slaps tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China The blogger wh ...