Jones added: “I think of Henry as a relay runner looking ... we will be all right.” Marsh was first elected to Richmond’s City Council in 1966, as one of 16 candidates seeking nine at ...

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. — 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. (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 ...

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.

FILE - Sen. Henry L. Marsh, III, D-Richmond, smiles in Richmond, Va. Marsh is resigning from the state Senate, ending a 22-year career in the upper chamber, April 23, 2014. (Bob Brown/Richmond ...

Hundreds of people attended Saturday’s funeral at a Richmond-area church for Henry L. Marsh III, who died Jan. 23 at age 91, according to the Manning Funeral Home.

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 ...