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African American Children In Mixed And Segregated Schools Summary

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The first African American woman to receive their doctoral degree in psychology is Inez Beverly Prosser. Prosser first began teaching in Texas segregated school systems. She graduated in 1993 from the University of Cincinnati with her PhD in educational psychology and she is well known for her dissertation, "The Non-Academic Development of Negro Children in Mixed and Segregated Schools.” In her dissertation she found African American students significantly benefited from segregated schools compared to an integrated schools. This is because they received more affection and support versus an integrated school where they had problems adjusting academically, socially and even in accepting their own identity. Those in integrated schools were more introverted and struggles with social adjustments and experiences dissatisfaction with relationships with family and teachers. This served great importance for issues relating to education, reform, social development, racial identity, and other topics relating to segregation and …show more content…

The doll studies of Mamie and Kenneth B. Clark greatly supported the effects of segregation on African American children, which they used dolls to study the children 's attitudes about race. Their findings were inline with what Prosser was attempting to prove; ultimately African American children did better in segregated schools rather than integrated. In the doll studies it was found that there were contrasts among African American children attending versus those in integrated schools. There was a clear preference for the white doll among all children in their study and helped expose internalized racism in African American children as well as

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Although it took some time for both of their careers to take off, especially considering they were both African American and highly accomplished as far as their education, Mamie Phipps and her husband worked together to found the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem, New York. One of the first and well known experiments they commenced together was called “The Clark Doll Test”. This experiment exemplifies the negative effects of racial segregation on children. In this experiment, a group of children were shown two dolls – Black and White – other than their color, these dolls were identical in every other way. After showing the children these dolls, the Clarks asked a sequence of questions such as: which doll they considered to be “nice”, which doll they would prefer to play with, which one they would consider to be a “bad doll” and what would have been most significant, which doll looked most like the child.

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Inez Beverly Prosser (ca. 1895–1934) is widely regarded as being the very first woman of African American descent to obtain a psychology doctorate in the United States. Prosser accomplished this by completing her dissertation in 1933 . Her dissertation explored differences in personality, learning, acceptance, etc. between African American children who were attending segregated schools and non-segregated schools. Prosser’s findings showed that African American children performed better and had their educational needs met better in segregated schools (Benjamin, Henry, McMahon. 2005).

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Prosser arrived at the University of Cincinnati as a candidate for a PhD in educational psychology in 1931. She arrived at a time when there was a research program that "focused on African Americans in different school environments". The general consensus in the department at this time was that "all-black schools with black teachers could best provide the skills black students needed to survive in a society where most faced limited opportunities…segregated schools, by insulating black students from white abuse, were crucial to the formation of black identity and could become unifying community centers. Prosser’s dissertation, The Non-Academic Development of Negro Children in Mixed and Segregated Schools, became an important text for issues relating to education, reform, social development, racial identity, and other prominent topics related to segregation. It was a "companion study" to Mary Crowley’s 1931 dissertation, "A Comparison of the Academic Achievement of Cincinnati Negroes in Segregated and Mixed Schools" Prosser’s interest in the topic "Grew out of a desire to determine objectively, so far as possible, the degree of truth in the often repeated statement that the Negro child develops superior character traits, more racial self-respect, and a greater concomitants of a well-rounded education when he is placed

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