The Associated Press on MSN10d
Robert Clark, Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96
Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century died Tuesday. Robert G. Clark's son and successor, state Rep.
ABC News10d
Robert Clark, Mississippi's first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96
Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century died Tuesday LEXINGTON, Miss. -- Robert G. Clark ... in the House chamber and ignored by white colleagues at social events.
Houston Chronicle10d
Robert Clark, Mississippi's first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96
(AP) — Robert G ... and more majority-Black districts were drawn, sometimes under court order. Clark also won the respect and support of colleagues, Black and white, who elected him in January ...
The Grio11d
Robert Clark, Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96
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 ...
Newsday10d
Robert Clark, Mississippi's first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96
LEXINGTON, Miss. — 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 ...
Greenwich Time10d
Robert Clark, Mississippi's first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96
(AP) — Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 ... Clark also won the respect and support of colleagues, Black and white, who elected him in January 1992 to House speaker pro tempore, a ...