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Kenneth B. Clark, Educator, and Psychologist born. This date marks Kenneth Clark's birthday in 1914. He was a Black psychologist, educator, and social activist. His research, particularly his "doll study,” was crucial to the desegregation of public schools.
Kenneth Clark was the First African-American tenured full professor at the City College of New York, the first African-American to be president of American Psychological Association and the first African-American appointed to the New York State Board of Regents (Martin, 1994).
Kenneth Bancroft Clark (July 24, 1914 – May 1, 2005) [ 1] and Mamie Phipps Clark (April 18, 1917 – August 11, 1983) [ 2] were American psychologists who as a married team conducted research among children and were active in the Civil Rights Movement.
Black is Beautiful: The Doll Study and Racial Preferences and Perceptions. Psychologists Kenneth Bancroft Clark and his wife, Mamie Phipps Clark, designed the “Doll Study” as a test to measure the psychological effects of segregation on black children.
Jan 19, 2007 · In the late 1930s psychologist and educator Kenneth B. Clark and his wife and collaborator, Mamie Phipps Clark, began to study the self-image of black children. The Clarks were among the first to describe the “harm and benefit” thesis in the area of civil rights and desegregation law.
In a career that spanned half a century, Dr. Kenneth B. Clark was one of America’s towering figures in the social sciences. Considered one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century, Dr. Clark confronted racism, inequity and injustice in both the profession and the larger social world – and prevailed.
Oct 26, 2017 · While rethinking her educational ambitions, she met a psychology student named Kenneth Clark. Kenneth encouraged Clark to pursue psychology as a way to fulfill her wish to help children, advice...
Kenneth Clark was the first African American to earn a doctorate in psychology at Columbia, to hold a permanent professorship at the City College of New York, to join the New York State Board of Regents and to serve as president of the American Psychological Association.
Kenneth Bancroft Clark (1914-2005) was an educator and psychologist. Born in the Panama Canal Zone, Clark and his mother moved to New York when he was five. After attending public elementary school in Harlem and secondary school in Upper Manhattan, Clark completed his undergraduate work at Howard, from which he also received a graduate degree.
May 2, 2005 · Kenneth Clark, the educator whose studies on racial discrimination helped win Brown v. Board of Education, died this weekend at the age of 90. David Rosner, professor of history and public...