LEXINGTON, Miss. — Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi's first Black lawmaker of the 20th century and ...
Mississippi remains an outlier for its statues, even among other Southern states. The Magnolia State is currently the only ...
Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi's first Black lawmaker ... at the state Capitol, relegated to sitting solo at a two-person desk in the House chamber and ignored by white colleagues ...
Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker ... his first years at the state Capitol, relegated to sitting solo at a two-person desk in the House chamber and ignored by white colleagues at social events.