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. — 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 L. Marsh III — a graduate of Maggie L. Walker High, Virginia Union University and Howard University Law School — left a mark on civil rights well beyond Richmond ...

Henry Marsh, a Richmond native and civil rights lawyer, served on the City Council from 1966 to 1991 and went on to represent the 16th District in the state Senate from 1991 until last year. He ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Henry Marsh, Richmond’s first Black mayor who died Thursday, is being remembered as a “trailblazer,” “extraordinary individual” and a “true statesman.” Here ...

State Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, D-Richmond, a fixture in Richmond-area politics for nearly 50 years, is retiring from the Virginia Senate after 22 years. Sources said Marsh, 80, a noted civil ...

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, 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.

Henry Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond, Virginia, died on Jan. 23 at 91 years of age, after a lifetime of serving his city.

Marsh was a civil rights attorney practicing with Oliver Hill; he led more than 50 desegregation cases. He was also Richmond's first black mayor, before becoming a state senator in 1991.

Henry L. Marsh III, a civil rights lawyer and long-serving Virginia state senator who in 1977 became the first Black mayor of ...