In 1968, he became the first Black person to serve in the Legislature since Reconstruction. Shunned by colleagues at first, ...
Robert Clark paved the way for future Black legislators in Mississippi when he successfully ran for the Mississippi house in ...
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 ...
LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi's first Black lawmaker of the 20th century ...
Robert Clark, Mississippi's First Black Lawmaker After Civil Rights Era, Dies at 96 LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi's first Black lawmaker of the ...
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 ...
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 ...