Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

doll studies, Mamie Phipps Clark, psychology, self identification

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Mamie Phipps Clark (born July 14, 1914 Hot Springs, Arkansas – August 11, 1983, New York City, New York) was an American developmental psychologist best known for her work on the development of African American children’s sense of self, specifically through a series of experiments conducted with her husband Kenneth Clark known as the “Doll Studies.” These studies would be instrumental in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education court decision in which school segregation was declared unconstitutional.

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