Henry Marsh, 1st Black mayor of Richmond, dies

Mentor, confidant, friend: Richmond’s first Black mayor Henry Marsh III dies
Henry L. Marsh III Elementary School was dedicated in Richmond in August 2020. Richmond's first Black mayor died Thursday night at age 91.
Remembering Henry L. Marsh III, first Black mayor of Richmond
Henry Marsh, a longtime Virginia lawmaker and first Black mayor of Richmond, has died. He served as Richmond mayor from 1977 to 1982.
Henry Marsh, first Black mayor of Richmond, dies at 91
Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the city, died Thursday night at 91. Marsh, a civil rights lawyer, was Richmond’s mayor from 1977 to 1982. He represented Richmond in the state Senate for 22 years, from 1992 to 2014.
Richmond’s first African American mayor dies at 91
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Henry Marsh III, Richmond’s first African American mayor, has died at the age of 91. According to the Library of Virginia, Henry Marsh III was born in 1933 and elected to Richmond City Council in 1966, where he served as vice mayor from 1970 until his election in 1977 as the first African American mayor of Richmond.
‘He became the voice for so many’: Delegate remembers Senator Henry L. Marsh III
He is known as the first Black Richmond Mayor, a Virginia State Senator and a civil rights attorney. But to many, Henry L. Marsh III is known as a champion for the city of Richmond and the Commonwealth.
Richmond remembers Henry Marsh
Henry Marsh, a longtime Virginia lawmaker and first Black mayor of Richmond, has died. He served as Richmond mayor from 1977 to 1982.

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