Kenneth Bancroft Clark

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The paper discusses the life of psychologist Kenneth Bancroft Clark who created a theory that would help revolutionize the social dynamics in America. The paper notes that Clark was a strong advocate of desegregation and dedicated his life to studying the ill effects of racial segregation.

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"Kenneth B. Clark's contribution to the realization of an equal society did not stop there. He continued to gather data through research towards the implementation of desegregation in schools as well as other institutions. Furthermore, he advocated that no person should be judged according to the color of his skin alone. This was his message he attempted to broadcast to black and white audiences, academes, and government leaders. As a member of New York State's Board of Regents between 1966 and1975, New York's highest educational authority, he pushed state and local education authorities to desegregate public schools, as well as invoking integration in state colleges. Kenneth Clark also acted as an adviser to local and national policy makers."

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• Cozzens, L. (29 June 1998). Early civil rights struggles: Brown v. Board of Education. [Online] Retrieved 21 Feb 2008 from the Web site: http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html.
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