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Former Rep. Alyce Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature, and now she is the first Black person — and first woman — to have a portrait on display in the state Capitol. Clarke, an 84-year-old Democrat from Jackson, served 39 years before deciding not to seek reelection in 2023. Other portraits in the Mississippi Capitol are of former governors and former House speakers, who were all white men.
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