Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005

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Dates:
Birth 1914
Death 2005-05-01
Americans,
English,

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Psychologist and educator.

From the description of Kenneth Bancroft Clark papers, 1897-1994 (bulk 1935-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982674

Social psychologist, educator, and author.

From the description of Audio materials, 1950-1975 [sound recording]. 1950-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723090

African American psychologist and educator.

From the description of Papers, 1897-1994 (bulk 1935-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70937573

Psychologist, educator; interviewee married Mamie Phipps Clark.

From the description of Reminiscences of Kenneth Bancroft Clark : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309729847

Business executive, psychologist, educator, writer.

Clark was an expert witness regarding the psychological effect of segregation in education for the landmark Brown v. Kansas Board of Education case, 1954. Clark also founded and directed the Metropolitan Applied Research Center, a non-profit research corporation concerned with the problems of American urban society.

From the description of Kenneth Clark papers, 1954-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122363996

Biographical Note

1914, July 14 Born, Panama Canal Zone 1919 Moved to New York, N.Y., with mother and sister 1931 Naturalized United States citizen 1935 A.B., Howard University,Washington, D.C. 1936 M.S., psychology, Howard University,Washington, D.C. 1938 Married Mamie Katherine Phipps (died 1983) 1940 Ph.D., experimental psychology, Columbia University,New York, N.Y. 1941 1942 Hampton, Va. Hampton Assistant professor of psychology, Hampton Institute,Hampton, Va. Washington, D.C. Washington, D. C. District of Columbia Research psychologist, Office of War Information,Washington, D.C. 1942 1975 Professor of psychology, City College, City University of New York,New York, N.Y. 1946 Cofounder with Mamie Phipps Clark of Northside Center for Child Development,New York, N.Y. 1950 Member, fact finding staff, Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth 1951 Social science consultant, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 1954 Research on effects of racial segregation cited by Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education decision on school segregation 1955 Published Prejudice and Your Child (Boston: Beacon Press. 151 pp.) 1961 Awarded Spingarn Medal by the NAACP 1961 1967 Consultant, personnel division, State Department 1962 1964 Chairman, board of trustees, Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited,New York, N.Y. 1964 1966 Director, Social Dynamics Research Institute, City College, City University of New York,New York, N.Y. 1965 Published Dark Ghetto: Dilemmas of Social Power (New York: Harper and Row, Publishers. 251 pp.) 1966 1986 Member, board of regents, State Education Department, University of the State of New York 1966 1975 President, Metropolitan Applied Research Center,New York, N.Y. 1968 Published with Jeannette HopkinsA Relevant War Against Poverty: A Study of Community Action Programs and Observable Change (New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. 275 pp.) 1968 1975 Member, board of directors, New York State Urban Development Corp. 1970 1971 President, American Psychological Association 1974 Published The Pathos of Power (New York: Harper and Row, Publishers. 188 pp.) 1976 1986 President, Clark, Phipps, Clark & Harris,New York, N.Y. 1986 1994 President, Kenneth B. Clark & Associates,Hastings-On-Hudson, N.Y. 1994 APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology 2005, May 1 Died, Hastings-On-Hudson, N.Y.

From the guide to the Kenneth Bancroft Clark Papers, 1897-2003, (bulk 1935-1990), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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