Black Psych (ch.1)

Francis C. Sumner (noun) ch. 1

a. A pivotal leader in education reform; was the first African American to receive a Ph.D in Psychology and the first African American to receive a doctorate in any American university. b. Francis Cecil Sumner is considered to be "The Father of Black Psychology". He was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in Psychology in 1920. He worked to disprove prejudice in theories that proved African Americans to be inferior.

Mamie Clark (noun) ch. 1

a. Mamie Clark worked alongside her husband, Kenneth Clark, doing studies on racial preference among African American children. The Clarks concluded that Black children preferred the White doll over the Black doll. Their doll study was also a key component in the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education. b. She was a woman who believed that segregation should not exist, and that the longer it did the more damage it did to the children involved.

Kenneth Clark (noun) ch. 1

a. The first and only African American to be president of the APA. b. Kenneth Clark worked his life using dolls to conduct an experiment in the 1940s and 50s. They placed a black and white doll in front of African American children and asked them to pick the doll that looked like them, the doll the preferred, the one that was the good doll, and lastly the one that was the bad doll. Their study ended up being a major party of the case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

Mentoring (verb) ch. 1

a. To act as someone who is very knowledgeable of the situation or subject at hand, being both helpful and honest toward the individual being mentored. b. Mentoring programs have positive effects within the African American community. Some children may not have a strong support system and having a mentor gives them that extra push they needed. The children will always know that they will have someone to go to when they cannot talk to their parents.