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 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 ...

Henry Marsh, D-Richmond, at an event hosted by the ... In 1977, Marsh became the first Black mayor of Richmond, once the seat of a seditious breakaway government formed to perpetuate the ...