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Richmond remembers Henry Marsh: 'He was the heart of Richmond'

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RICHMOND, Va. Henry Marsh, a longtime Virginia lawmaker and first Black mayor of Richmond, has died.Marsh, 91, served Richmond as a senator in the Virginia General Assembly from 1992 thru 2014. He previously served as Richmond mayor from 1977 to 1982."My heart is heavy with grief and full of gratitude that I had the chance to know Henry Marsha truly exceptional person. A born-and-raised Richmonder who become active in the civil rights movement b…

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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 III (Photo courtesy of the Library of Virginia) On Friday, Jan. 24, United States Senator Tim …

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Richmond remembers Henry Marsh: 'He was the heart of Richmond'

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Henry Marsh, Richmond’s first Black mayor, dies at 91

Henry Marsh — a towering Richmond civil rights figure who served as the first Black mayor of the former capital of the Confederacy — has died at 91, according to the office of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine.An attorney who battled racial discrimination in the courts, Marsh was first elected to the Richmond City Council in 1966. Marsh became mayor after residents elected the city’s first majority-Black City Council in 1977, putting him in a leadership role …

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