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Commentary: Henry Marsh taught us the power of persistence
Henry L. Marsh’s fight was for civil rights, but his values — justice, fairness, equality — extend far beyond any single ...
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‘He made Virginia better’: Richmond mourns the loss of trailblazing former Mayor Henry Marsh III
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond said its final goodbye today to one of its most influential leaders, Henry Marsh III, the city’s first Black mayor and a dedicated civil rights attorney.
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Richmond’s first Black mayor is remembered as a civil rights fighter and trailblazer
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Current and former Virginia elected leaders speaking at this weekend’s service for the first Black mayor of Richmond recalled Henry L. Marsh III’s trailblazing career ...
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Appreciation: Henry L. Marsh III
Sen. Henry Marsh, D-Richmond, at an event hosted by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia in 2009 marking the 50th anniversary of the end of Massive Resistance. (Courtesy of UVA Center ...
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Henry Marsh, first Black mayor of Richmond, dies 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 ...
Augusta Free Press24d
Mentor, confidant, friend: Richmond’s first Black mayor, Henry Marsh III, dies
Courtesy of Henry L. Marsh III Elementary School. Henry L. Marsh III Elementary School was dedicated in Richmond in August 2020. Marsh, a civil rights attorney, longtime Virginia Senator and the ...
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‘A legitimate hero’: Remembering Henry Marsh
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 ...