From left, Delegate Lamont Bagby of Henrico, chairman of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus; former state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, Richmond’s first African-American mayor; 3rd District Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott; and Henrico County Supervisor Frank J. Thornton, Fairfield District, pose for a photograph before the event’s start.
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Speakers herald progress ahead at VUU's 42nd Annual Community Leaders Breakfast
Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn, the first woman and first Jewish speaker in the 401-year history of the Virginia House of Delegates, offered a message about the value of inclusion, diversity and progress at Virginia Union University’s 42nd Annual Community Leaders Breakfast honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.