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Kenneth Clark

Kenneth Bancroft Clark (1914-2005) was an influential psychologist and professor, perhaps best known for his “doll” experiments with his wife Mamie Clark on the impacts of racial segregation on attitudes towards race in America.

Kenneth clark biography

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  • Their work played an important role in the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision to desegregate the nation. Clark was the first Black president of the American Psychological Association and one of the first experts to testify on urban issues to the Kerner Commission. 

    Clark studied political science during his undergraduate career at Howard University, where he later returned for a master in psychology.

    In 1940, Clark was the first Black American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University.

    In addition to his achievements in the field of psychology, Clark founded Data Black Public Opinion Polls in 1979 — the first polling project focused on Black public opinion.

    Data Black addressed key problems Clark per