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Four Dolls and a Supreme Court: How Kenneth and Mamie Clark Changed Constitutional Law
Oct 5, 2026 Jeff Baxter 0 Comment Brown v Board of Education psychology, civil rights history, doll test civil rights, Kenneth Clark doll study, Mamie Clark psychologist, NAACP Legal Defense Fund strategy, school segregation children, segregation psychological harm, Supreme Court social science evidence, Through His Lens documentary Other ProjectsThe experiment was simple enough that a child could participate in it. That was precisely the point. Four dolls. Identical in every way except color; two white, two brown. Children between the ages of three and seven seated across from the researcher. A series of straightforward requests: show me the nice doll, show me the bad doll, show me the doll you would like to play with, show me the doll that looks like you. The results were striking. Black c...
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Tags: Brown v Board of Education psychology, civil rights history, doll test civil rights, Kenneth Clark doll study, Mamie Clark psychologist, NAACP Legal Defense Fund strategy, school segregation children, segregation psychological harm, Supreme Court social science evidence, Through His Lens documentary