Complex sentence: Robert G. Clark, a teacher in Holmes County, was the only black elected as state representative in 1967, the first since Reconstruction; he served as the only African American in the state house until 1976.
Split into simpler sentences: Robert G. Clark, a teacher in Holmes County, was the only black elected as state representative in 1967, the first since Reconstruction. He served as the only African American in the state house until 1976.