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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.
Mamie Clark passed in 1983 at age 66, leaving behind two children and Kenneth Clark, who later passed in 2005 at age 91 (Butler, 2009). Both made significant contributions to the field of psychology and to the social movement of their time.
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. The Clarks’ “Doll Study” became the first psychological research to be cited by the Supreme Court and was significant in the Court’s decision to end school ...
SCIENCE. How a Psychologist’s Work on Race Identity Helped Overturn School Segregation in 1950s America. Mamie Phipps Clark came up with the oft-cited “doll test” and provided expert...
Mamie Clark died from cancer in 1983 and although she remained the lesser-known component of the Clark research team, her professional explorations and significant personal demeanor should not be overlooked. Mamie continues to be the quintessential model of an African American woman who is fulfilled both professionally and personally.
About. The research of Kenneth B. Clark (1914–2005; Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1940) and Mamie Phipps Clark (1917–1983, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1943) challenged the notion of differences in the mental abilities of black and white children and thus played an important role in the desegregation of American schools.
LLD 1970 (hon.) Mamie Phipps Clark (1917–83) Educational Psychologist. PhD 1943. The research of Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark challenged the notion of differences in the mental abilities of black and white children and so played an important role in the desegregation of American schools.
