Robert G. Clark, 96, Dies; Broke Race Barrier in Mississippi Statehouse
In 1968, he became the first Black person to serve in the Legislature since Reconstruction. Shunned by colleagues at first, ...
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Robert Clark, Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96
Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century and rose to the second-highest leadership role in the state House of Representatives ...