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Robert Clark, Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96

World News EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - March 4, 2025

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...