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

Legislators last week honored the memory of Robert Clark, the first Black lawmaker of the 20th century. Plus, updates on last week's happenings in the legislature.

Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century died Tuesday. Robert G. Clark's son and successor, state Rep.

Robert Clark was the highest ranking Black man in Mississippi government. Robert G. Clark, Mississippi’s first Black House representative elected after the Civil Rights Movement, died on March 4 ...

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 ...

Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century died Tuesday LEXINGTON, Miss. -- Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi's first Black lawmaker of the 20th century and ...