As the body of civil rights lawyer and legislator Henry L. Marsh III lies in state at the Virginia State Capitol on Jan. 30, his legislative assistant, Valerie Braxton (at right), is comforted by ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond’s first African American mayor, Henry Marsh, has died. According to a statement from Richmond’s NAACP, Marsh died Thursday at the age of 91. Born and raised in ...

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. (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.

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Henry Marsh, Richmond’s first Black mayor who died Thursday, is being remembered as a “trailblazer,” “extraordinary individual” and a “true statesman.” ...

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 ...

He was also Richmond's first black mayor ... Senator Tim Kaine said Marsh was his friend and mentor, adding "Any single one of Henry's accomplishments would be enough cause to be proud, but ...