Henry L. Marsh’s fight was for civil rights, but his values — justice, fairness, equality — extend far beyond any single ...

Henry taught us all that the fight for civil rights is never truly over – that it is one of constant effort, requiring us to stay vigilant and engaged," U.S ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jones added: “I think of Henry as a relay runner looking ... we will be all right.” Marsh was first elected to Richmond’s City Council in 1966, as one of 16 candidates seeking nine at ...

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.

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond’s first African American mayor, Henry Marsh, has died. According to a statement from Richmond’s NAACP, Marsh died Thursday at the age of 91. Born and raised in ...

Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the city, died Thursday night at 91. Marsh, a civil rights lawyer, was Richmond’s ...

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 ...

Henry Marsh III, the first Black Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, died on Jan. 23; following his death, Marsh was described by community leaders in the city and state as "the heart of Richmond" and "a ...