- Collection:
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
- Title:
- Mamie Katherine Phipps Clark
- Creator:
- Butler, Stephen N.
- Date of Original:
- 1917/2006
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Education
African American civil rights workers--Biography
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation in education--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas
Columbia University
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
African American psychologists--Biography - People:
- Clark, Mamie Phipps
- Location:
- United States, Arkansas, Garland County, 34.57669, -93.15043
United States, Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs, 34.5037, -93.05518 - Medium:
- articles
- Description:
- Biographical entry on Mamie Katherine Phipps Clark, Hot Springs, Arkansas native who was the first African-American Woman to receive a doctorate in psychology from Columbia University. Clark's research with regard to the "separate but equal" doctrine was instrumental in the 1954 case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=2938
- Rights Holder:
- copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Contributing Institution:
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
