Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Kenneth Bancroft Clark, 1985.
Creator: | Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 774 pages Sound recording 16 reels | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NotePsychologist, educator; interviewee married Mamie Phipps Clark
Scope and ContentsTopics addressed in 1976 sessions include: Family background, childhood and education, Howard University, 1936, PhD, Columbia University, 1940; teaching career at City College; with wife Mamie, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People witness on psychological damage of racial segregation; founding of Northside Center for Child Development, 1946; political clashes involving Harlem Youth Opportunities; impressions of Adam Clayton Powell, Malcolm X; DARK GHETTO, 1965; establishment of Metropolitan Applied Research Center, 1967; federal and local education commissions; American Psychological Association, 1972, presidential address and aftermath. Additional topics addressed in the 1985 sessions include: civil rights and race relations during the Reagan era; South Africa and divestment; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and relations between Black and Jewish people; Conservatism in America; the passing of Mamie Clark; race in the workplace; the March on Washington, Black Muslim organizations, and the civil rights movement; "Data Black" opinion polls; New York Board of Regents and New York City Board of Education; and race and education
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1989
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