In 1968, he became the first Black person to serve in the Legislature since Reconstruction. Shunned by colleagues at first, ...

A longtime Mississippi lawmaker will lie in state at the Capitol Building. Robert G. Clark, who was a member of the ...

Gov. Tate Reeves has directed state flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the late Rep. Robert G. Clark. Clark, who served ...

The Yazoo community mourns the loss of a beloved activist, politician and friend to this region with the recent passing of ...

Former Mississippi Rep. Robert Clark Jr. lay in state Sunday in the Capitol Rotunda as family, friends, officials and fellow ...

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Robert G. Clark Jr., who became the first Black person to sit in the Mississippi Legislature since Reconstruction and who endured insults and ostracism before becoming a force in state politics, died ...

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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, died ...