Elizabeth "Libby" Clark (1917 or 1918 – January 23, 2012)[1] was an African-American journalist whose accomplishments included founding a magazine in Los Angeles, working as a newspaper writer, and forming her own public relations firm.
[8] She also edited and co-wrote the Black Family Reunion Cookbook, which sold more than 250,000 copies and made best-seller lists in 1991.
[10] In 1969, Los Angeles County hired her as the public information officer for the then-new Martin Luther King Jr.
"[12] Clark was married four times: in 1942 to Samuel William, a steel worker and pool hall owner in Chester, Pennsylvania, until they divorced in 1947;[citation needed] in 1955 to Walter Stanley, an aircraft worker and gas station owner in Los Angeles, whose marriage was annulled in 1956;[13][14][15] in 1970 to Jim Allen, a major building contractor who had been a public relations client for 10 years and who died 8 months after their marriage of a brain injury sustained while inspecting a sub-division he was building;[16][17] and on December 30, 1977 to John E. Fegan,who owned a chain of tuxedo rental stores,[18] whose marriage was annulled after one year.
[citation needed] During the decade from 1957 to 1967, she maintained a professional and personal relationship with the author, William Karl Thomas, who was fifteen years her junior.