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

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

LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi's first Black lawmaker of the 20th century ...

Robert Clark paved the way for future Black legislators in Mississippi when he successfully ran for the Mississippi house in ...

Robert G. Clark, who was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for 35 years, has died. His son, state Rep.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...