Richmond’s first Black mayor, Henry Marsh, remembered
Jan 30, 2025 · Henry L. Marsh III, Richmond’s first Black mayor and a trailblazer in Virginia politics, died on Jan. 23 at 91, leaving behind decades of legal and civic work aimed at creating a more just and equal Commonwealth and nation.
‘He became the voice for so many’: Delegate remembers Senator Henry …
Virginia lawmakers remember Senator Henry L. Marsh III who died Thursday, Jan. 23 at age 91.
Henry Marsh Obituary (2025) - Richmond, VA - Richmond Times …
Jan 29, 2025 · Henry L. Marsh III, civil rights attorney, longtime state senator, and Richmond's first African-American mayor, completed his extraordinary life journey Thursday evening at the age of 91.
Henry Marsh, first Black mayor of Richmond, dies at 91
Jan 29, 2025 · Marsh rose to prominence as a young lawyer during the civil rights movement and helped mount the legal challenge to “Massive Resistance,” the concerted effort to subvert the integration of...
Appreciation: Henry L. Marsh III • Virginia Mercury
Jan 28, 2025 · Marsh, who died last week at the age of 91, wasn’t flashy or given to florid oratory. He had long ago tilted at his share of windmills in a consequential career as a civil rights lawyer and political leader who cut a wide swath on behalf of people of color.
Appreciation: Henry L. Marsh III, by Bob Lewis
5 days ago · Before that, Marsh had taken up the causes of African Americans’ rights as a young attorney in the small Richmond firm established by his role model, Oliver Hill, a legendary Black litigator whose work led to the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that ended segregated public schools in America.
| Explorations in Black Leadership, U.Va.
As a child in Virginia, Henry Marsh walked five miles each way to a one-room school for black children, where a single teacher instructed seventy students. Meanwhile, whites traveled by bus to a large, modern school.
Henry Marsh, first Black mayor of Richmond, dies at 91
Jan 28, 2025 · Mr. Marsh rose to prominence as a young lawyer during the civil rights movement and helped mount the legal challenge to “Massive ... Henry Levander Marsh III, one of four children, was born in ...
Richmond’s first Black mayor is remembered as a civil rights …
Feb 2, 2025 · 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 and his lifetime ...
Richmond remembers Henry Marsh: 'He was the heart of …
Jan 24, 2025 · 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...