Henry L. Marsh III cuts the ribbon at a ceremony dedicating a Richmond elementary school named in his honor. Flanking Marsh are his daughter, Nadine Marsh-Carter, left and Principal Kimberly Cook.
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Richmond’s first Black mayor, Henry Marsh, remembered
Henry L. Marsh III, Richmond’s first Black mayor and a trailblazer in Virginia politics, died on Jan. 23 at 91, leaving behind decades of legal and civic work aimed at creating a more just and equal Commonwealth and nation.
