Representative Bryant Clark

Bryant W. Clark, born on October 31, 1974, is an American politician from Mississippi. He is a member of the Democratic Party and represents the 47th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He has been serving in the Mississippi House since 2004, succeeding his father, Robert G. Clark Jr.

Clark is a lifelong resident of Ebenezer, located in southern Holmes County. In 1967, his father was elected as the first post-Reconstruction era black state legislator in Mississippi, serving until 2003. Bryant is a 1993 graduate of McClain High School in Lexington. After completing high school, he attended Holmes Community College in Goodman, Mississippi where he received his Associate of Arts degree in 1995.

After completing his studies at Holmes, he attended Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi. In 1998, he graduated magna cum laude from Mississippi Valley State with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. During his undergraduate career, he also studied at Stillman College in Alabama and the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi.

In 2000, he entered the Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, Mississippi. While in law school, Clark served as a senator for the Law School Student Government Association. He was an active member of the Black Law Student Association and of many other organizations. In December 2002, he received his Juris Doctor degree from the Mississippi College School of Law.

He has been admitted to the Mississippi Bar and is licensed to practice before the Mississippi Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and all state courts of Mississippi.

Clark is the President of the Holmes County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He is the past Vice President and 2nd Congressional District Coordinator of the Young Democrats of Mississippi. In 2004, he was elected to both the Holmes County Democratic Executive Committee and State Democratic Executive Committee. For four years he served as the Secretary of the State Democratic Executive Committee. In 2002, he was awarded the Distinguished Young Democrat award by the state party.