Marsh, born and raised in Richmond, had an elementary school named after him in 2020 when the Richmond School Board voted to rename George Mason Elementary School in his honor to Henry L.

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 ...

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 ...

Henry Marsh is a neurosurgeon. His most recent book is “And Finally: Matters of Life and Death” (Jonathan Cape) A sweeping history of the NHS and one GP’s inside account of a long career on the front ...

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

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.” ...

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) -Funeral arrangements have been made to honor the death of Richmond mayor and senator Henry L. Marsh. According to a statement from Richmond’s NAACP, Marsh died Thursday ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Hundreds of people came together at St. Paul’s Baptist Church to honor the life of Richmond’s first Black Mayor, Henry L. Marsh. Marsh dedicated his life to equality ...

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 ...