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, was Richmond’s mayor from 1977 to 1982. He represented Richmond in the state Senate for 22 years, from 1992 to 2014.

President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.

On his last full day in the White House President Joe Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who served nearly eight years in prison on a drug-related offense.

President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."

The president’s pardon of Garvey, a seminal figure in the civil rights movement, is another reflection of his presidency’s ties to the Black community.

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over Confederate heritage.

Walrus & Whale, a new restaurant and bar, will take over Portsmouth space formerly occupied by The Dolphin Striker, which operated for 47 years.

Also pardoned were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and gun violence prevention.

Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), the first Black person to serve as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, was convicted in 1994 of a non-violent federal drug-related offense.

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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - President Donald Trump’s inaugural speech was filled with issues closely tied to southwest Virginia. Trump vowed to pardon those charged in the January 6th attack on the U ...

Biden also pardoned Don Scott (D), the Speaker of Virginia’s House of Delegates, who was convicted in 1994 of a nonviolent drug offense and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Scott is a Navy ...