Remembering Bill Clay Sr., Missouri’s first Black congressman who wielded power for 32 years

Former Missouri Congressman Bill Clay Sr. received an outpouring of praise after he died last week. He was 94 years old. Clay was a force in regional and national politics, and he left behind a titanic legacy as a champion of civil rights and workers’ rights. STLPR politics correspondent Jason Rosenbaum explores Clay’s career in politics, and why there may never be another Missouri politician like him again.

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