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| Creator: | Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) |
| Creator: | Dittmer, John, 1939- |
| Creator: | Clark, Robert George, 1929- |
| Title: | Robert G. Clark, Jr., oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Pickens, Mississippi, 2013-03-13 |
| Date: | 2013 Mar. 13 |
| Description: | Robert G. Clark, Jr., describes the early life experiences that led up to his successful campaign for political office in the Mississippi Legislature, where he became the first African American elected since Reconstruction. He discusses his childhood in Pickens, Mississippi, and he describes the family farm that he now owns, his relationship to his family, and the expectations that they had of him to receive an education. Clark discusses his career as an educator, and he describes how the Civil Rights Movement influenced him. After a failed campaign for school superintendent he volunteered to run for state office. Clark describes his experiences in the Mississippi Legislature, focusing on how he helped to pass the Education Reform Act. |
| Types: | Oral histories (document genres) | Interviews | InteractiveResource |
| Subjects: | Civil rights movements--United States | Civil rights movements--Mississippi | African American teachers--Mississippi--Interviews | African American politicians--Mississippi--Interviews | United States, Mississippi, Pickens | United States, Mississippi, Holmes County |
| Collection: | Civil Rights History Project |
| Institution: | Library of Congress |
| Contributors: | American Folklife Center |
| Original Material: | Civil Rights History Project, (U.S.) (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Civil Rights History Project |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0075/ |
