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

Jones added: “I think of Henry as a relay runner looking for ... “He saw injustice and he did something about it,” Scott said. Daughter Nadine Marsh-Carter, remembering how her father ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

But to many, Henry L. Marsh III is known as a champion for the city of Richmond and the Commonwealth. “He became the voice for so many of the marginalized and disenfranchised community,” said Del.

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Hundreds of people came together at St. Paul’s Baptist Church to honor the life of Richmond’s first Black Mayor, Henry L. Marsh. Marsh dedicated his life to equality ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...