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First Black Woman in Mississippi Legislature Gets Her Own Portrait in State Capitol

Cover photo: Alyce Clarke with painting/AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

Former Mississippi representative, Alyce Clarke, is now honored in the state’s Capitol! Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the state’s legislature and now she is the first place person (and woman) to have her portrait on display in the building, according to AP News. She is an 84-year-old Democrat from Jackson who served […]

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