Henry L. Marsh III ... Fellow members of the council lifted Marsh to a pantheon of Black mayors — such as Cleveland’s Carl Stokes, Atlanta’s Maynard Jackson and Detroit’s Coleman Young ...

“Henry taught us all that the ... to inspire for generations.” — Gov. Glenn Youngkin “As a trailblazer for civil rights, Senator Marsh relentlessly fought for the liberties of the unserved ...

Sen. Henry Marsh, D-Richmond, at an event hosted by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia in 2009 marking the 50th anniversary of the end of Massive Resistance. (Courtesy of UVA Center ...

It could be easy at times to forget that Sen. Henry Marsh was even there, listening quietly from his back-row desk in the Senate of Virginia. Marsh, who died last week at the age of 91, wasn’t flashy ...

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. (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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond said its final goodbye today to one of its most influential leaders, Henry Marsh III, the city’s first Black mayor and a dedicated civil rights attorney.

Henry Marsh, left, with close friend Sen. Tim Kaine at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Photo: Preston Keres/ The Washington Post via Getty Images ...