Land of Broken Promises

Page 59

MAN THEY TRIED TO THE

When Robert Clark became the state’s first black legislator, his peers gave him the silent treatment. It didn’t work.

By Mollie Mansfield

THE MEEK REPORT 57

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Veteran Teachers

8min
pages 131-136

The Fighter

8min
pages 123-126

The Cop Who Ran the County

7min
pages 127-130

Funeral Home Politics

8min
pages 113-118

The Education of a Journalist

11min
pages 107-112

The Fighting Editor

10min
pages 101-106

The Senator Who Feeds The Delta

10min
pages 83-86

The Congressman

9min
pages 87-92

The Rest Stop

12min
pages 93-100

He Changed Mississippi Politics

9min
pages 77-82

The Foot Soldier

9min
pages 71-76

Not Just A Museum

8min
pages 31-38

Black Power

21min
pages 7-16

The Man They Tried To Ignore

9min
pages 59-64

The Peacemaker

9min
pages 53-58

Sick and Tired of Being Sick And Tired

9min
pages 65-70

The Almost Martyr

13min
pages 47-52

The Showdown

12min
pages 39-46

The Little Town That Worked A Miracle

9min
pages 25-30
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