John C. Stennis Oral History Project
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Description
This interview is with Robert G. Clark of Ebenezer, Holmes County, Mississippi. Mr. Clark has served in the Mississippi House of Representatives since 1967. He was the first black elected to that body since the years of Reconstruction. In 1982 and 1984 Mr. Clark ran for United States Congress. In 1982 he lost the election by only 2,500 votes to Webb Franklin. He was defeated by a slim margin in 1984; also by Webb Franklin. Mr. Clark was allowed to review the transcript for accuracy.
Publication Date
2-18-1991
Time Period
1990-1999
Subjects
Abernathy, Tom AFL-CIO Anderson, Ruben Bailey, Howard Barber, Rims Barbour, Haley Beckwith, Byron Bilbo, Theodore Board of Institution of Higher Learning Brewster, Walter Brown Decision Bruce, Walter Carmichael, Stokley Carter, Hodding Carter, Tom Child Development Group of Mississippi COFO Cole, Ed Community Action Program Credential Committee Crosser, George Payne Daly, Richard Derian, Patt Eastland, James Ebenezer Incident Education Reform Act of 1982 Elderman, Marion Wright Ennis, Roy Espy, Mike Evers, Charles Evers, Medgar FBI FDP Finch, Cliff Franklin, Webb Gray, Victoria Guyot, Lawrence Hamer, Fannie Lou Hatch Act Hayes, Ralphus Henry, Aaron Humphrey, Hubert Humphreys County Jackson State University Jackson, Jesse Jeffrey, Millie Justice Department Kennedy, John F. King, Edwin King, Martin Luther Kinsey, Morris Kirksey, Henry Lewis, Joyce Lewis, Mrs. Daisy Love, J.P. Loyalist Party Mallory, Dr. Linda C. McLemore, Dr. Leslie B. Michigan State University Migrant Farm Workers Program Milestone, MS Moses, Robert Mt. Beulah, MS NAACP Newman, Buddy Project Second Start Ramsey, Claude Reagan, Ronald Regular Democrats Russell, Reverend Saints Jr. College SNCC Stennis, John Hampton Tougaloo College Tuskegee Institute Watkins, Wesley Whitten, Jamie Winter, William Yazoo County Young Democrats Young, Charles Young, Jack
Object Type
text
Format (original)
1 transcript : 65 p.
Format (digital)
Digital ID
clark.pdf
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi Political Collections, John C. Stennis Collection, Oral History Project, Clark
Repository
Mississippi Political Collections
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
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Permission to reproduce these photographs must be obtained from the Mississippi State University Libraries.
Recommended Citation
[Physical ID#], John C. Stennis Collection. Mississippi Political Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries.