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Robert Clark, Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century died Tuesday. Robert G. Clark's son and successor, state Rep.
Gov. Tate Reeves has directed state flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the late Rep. Robert G. Clark. Clark, who served ...
In 1968, he became the first Black person to serve in the Legislature since Reconstruction. Shunned by colleagues at first, ...
A mass of people surrounded the casket of the late Robert Clark Jr. in his hometown of Lexington. The 96-year-old is ...
Clark was elected speaker pro tempore by the House membership in 1993 and held that, second-highest House position until his retirement.
FILE - Former Democratic speaker Pro-Tem Robert Clark smiles as he in congratulated ... Aug. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) ...
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 ...
LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — 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 ...
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