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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The city of Richmond is planning to name the Manchester Courthouse in honor of Henry L. Marsh III, the city’s first black mayor, and his brother, Harold M. Marsh Sr., a substitute judge who was ...

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.” ...

As a lawyer and politician, Henry L. Marsh III has been a constant in the Richmond area for half a century, battling in the courts, City Hall and the state Capitol for equal rights for African ...

“I think it’s part of our growing tide here in Richmond of recognizing heroes who have not been recognized for years, whether it’s Maggie Walker, Arthur Ashe and now Henry Marsh.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

He was also Richmond's first black mayor ... Senator Tim Kaine said Marsh was his friend and mentor, adding "Any single one of Henry's accomplishments would be enough cause to be proud, but ...