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‘Heart of Richmond’: City’s first Black mayor Henry Marsh dies
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 ...
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Demonstrators rally at Site of Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” Speech
Sunday, March 23 marked the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech at St. John’s ...
Henry Marsh, first Black mayor of Richmond, dies at 91
Henry L. Marsh III, a civil rights lawyer and long-serving Virginia state senator who in 1977 became the first Black mayor of ...
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Richmond moves forward in Shockoe Institute project, selects Team Henry Enterprises to begin construction
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The City of Richmond has officially selected Team Henry Enterprises to spearhead construction for the area’s highly anticipated Shockoe Institute. The more than 12,000 ...
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‘He made Virginia better’: Richmond mourns the loss of trailblazing former Mayor Henry Marsh III
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.
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Henry Marsh, civil rights activist and first black mayor of Richmond dies at 91
Condolences are pouring in tonight following the death of prominent Virginia Civil Rights Activist Henry Marsh ... He was also Richmond's first black mayor, before becoming a state senator ...