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 ...

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 ...

“Henry Marsh was a friend, mentor, and role model. He played an important role in my public service career, for which I will be forever grateful. His life was a testament to the power of ...

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 ...

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 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 ... and one of the most heated conflicts of Mr. Marsh’s tenure occurred when Richmond’s White city manager, William J. Leidinger, was fired and replaced by Manuel Deese ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – Richmond’s first African American mayor Henry Marsh III died at 91 years old on Thursday. Marsh was a political trailblazer, with his impact spanning far beyond ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The funeral arrangements for Henry L. Marsh, III — the first Black mayor of Richmond — have been announced. Marsh died at the age of 91 on Friday, Jan. 24. A political ...

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