Henry Marsh was more than Richmond’s first Black ... and obtained his law degree from Howard University. As a young lawyer, Marsh became a key figure in the civil rights movement, joining ...

Henry L. Marsh III, a civil rights lawyer and long ... Marsh rose to prominence as a young lawyer during the civil rights movement and helped mount the legal challenge to “Massive Resistance ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Current and former Virginia elected leaders speaking at this weekend’s service for the first Black mayor of Richmond recalled Henry L. Marsh III’s trailblazing career ...

Henry Marsh, D-Richmond, at an event hosted by the ... Before that, Marsh had taken up the causes of African Americans’ rights as a young attorney in the small Richmond firm established by ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Current and former Virginia elected leaders speaking at this weekend's service for the first Black mayor of Richmond recalled Henry L. Marsh III's trailblazing career and his ...

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 L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a state senator for 22 years, who died Jan. 23 at 91, will lie in state Thursday at the Virginia state Capitol from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m ...