After beginning his career as a civil rights lawyer, he helped usher in an era of African American leadership in the former ...

Marsh, a civil rights lawyer and the first Black mayor of Richmond, served in the state Senate for 22 years. He died Jan. 23 ...

Henry taught us all that the fight for civil rights is never truly over – that it is one of constant effort, requiring us to ...

Henry L. Marsh III Elementary School was dedicated in Richmond in August 2020. Richmond's first Black mayor died Thursday ...

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