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Mamie Clark

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A psychologist who, along with Kenneth Clark, conducted the doll test in the 1940s, which demonstrated the psychological impact of racial segregation on children and was cited as key evidence in the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

AP course connection

Topic 4.4: 4.4 Discrimination, Segregation, and the Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

Unit 4

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