| LC control no. | n 96023979 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clark, Mamie Phipps |
| Variant(s) | Phipps Clark, Mamie |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19170418 |
| Death date | 19830811 |
| Place of birth | Hot Springs (Ark.) |
| Place of death | Hastings on Hudson (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Howard University Columbia University Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York, N.Y.) New York Public Library Northside Center for Child Development |
| Profession or occupation | Psychologists |
| Found in | Children, race, and power, c1996: CIP t.p. (Mamie Clark [in title]) galley (Mamie Phipps Clark; d. 1983) LC data base, 3/13/96 (hdg.: Clark, Mamie Phipps) African American National Biography, accessed December 30, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Clark, Mamie Phipps; psychologist; born 18 April 1917 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States; graduated from Howard magna cum laude (1938); awarded a graduate fellowship in psychology; continued her studies at Columbia University in New York; famous for "doll tests", her studies were laying the groundwork for the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ended segregation in America's public schools; the first African American woman to be awarded a doctorate in Psychology from Columbia University; Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem, New York; served on the board of many community organizations including Mount Sinai Medical Center, the New York Public Library, and the Museum of Modern Art; died 11 August 1983 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States) |
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