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13 kwi 2009 · Henry Marsh is a prominent political figure, black activist, and lawyer in Richmond, Virginia. He was born on December 10, 1933 in Richmond but when his mother died at age five, he was sent to live with relatives in rural Virginia.
10 kwi 2023 · Beginning in the 1840s, young boys called "newsies" sold newspapers in major cities across the U.S. in order to make a living or support their struggling families — and as these photos show, the job wasn't always easy.
19 lut 2020 · Sen. Henry Marsh (D-Richmond) touches the arm of his friend and former law partner famed civil-rights attorney Oliver Hill, Sr. as he lies in state at the Executive Mansion in Richmond.
Henry Leander Marsh III (born December 10, 1933) is an American civil rights lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Marsh was elected by the city council as the first African-American mayor of Richmond, Virginia in 1977. He was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1991, and resigned from his seat in 2014. [1]
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Marsh, who also served as a substitute judge, was stopped at a traffic light at one of south Richmond's busiest intersections when four or five shots were fired from a Cadillac that had pulled up beside him. He was pronounced dead at the Medical College of Virginia less than an hour later.
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