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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.
Richmond remembers Henry Marsh: 'He was the heart 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.
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.
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, represented Richmond in the state Senate for 22 years,
‘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.

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One hundred miles from Capitol Hill, several Virginia organizations and their supporters gathered at Monroe Park in Richmond ...
Virginia Senate Democrats block nine Youngkin board appointments
Democrats who control the Virginia Senate rejected nine of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s board appointments in a move the governor ...
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Trump orders stir fear among federal employees in Virginia
Virginians are feeling the effects of President Donald Trump's orders targeting the federal government workforce, with nearly ...
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Dems propose bill to allow all public workers in Virginia to collectively bargain
In an effort to improve workers’ rights, Virginia Democrats have introduced two bills during this year’s General Assembly ...
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Disabled Virginia woman faces eviction as Social Security continues to hold money it says she qualified for
The former office receptionist and warehouse worker was denied disability benefits from the Social Security Administration in 2021, reapplied the next year, and then waited, and waited.
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This Virginia program helps former foster youth get degrees, at any age
Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many ...
Virginia Democrats pass constitutional amendments blasted by Republicans
The Democrat-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and to vote in the state's constitution.
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Richmond lawmakers considering bill to help human trafficking survivors
The "Criminal Record Relief Bill" recently passed through the House committee in the Virginia General Assembly and is on its ...