Kenneth B. Clark, a pioneering psychologist and educator, was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP for his groundbreaking work on the psychological effects of segregation. His famous “doll experiments” with his wife, Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark, demonstrated the negative impact of segregation on Black children’s self-perception. Their research played a crucial role in the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
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