Toward Humanity and Justice The Writings of Kenneth B. Clark, Scholar of the Brown V. Board of Education Decision

This first collection of black psychologist Dr. Kenneth B. Clark's body of work over a half-century reveals his insight into the fields of social science, education, politics, and the law. He tells the inside story of the groundbreaking studies he made of black public school children-showing they lacked self-esteem because they were treated separately and differently than their white counterparts. His social science papers were the basis for the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision of May 17, 1954, that state-sponsored segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. Dr. John Hope Franklin, the nation's most prestigious black historian, provides a Foreword. A number of prominent individuals in academics and politics offer brief commentaries about Dr. Clark, including: BL Nobel Prize-winner Gunnar Myrdal BL Dr. Cornel West BL Dr. Henry Louis Gates BL Marian Wright Edelman BL Roger Wilkins BL Dr. Alvin Poussaint BL Dr. David Lettering Lewis BL Dr. Gregory Williams BL Dr. Gary Orfield BL Vernon E. Jordan Jr. There are also brief quotes about Dr. Clark by Congressmen Charles Rangel and John Lewis, and former U.S. Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach. In addition, the book contains Dr. Clark's views of his contemporaries, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter. This is an essential collection from a key figure often overlooked in studies of the Civil Rights Movement.Clark, Kenneth Bancroft is the author of 'Toward Humanity and Justice The Writings of Kenneth B. Clark, Scholar of the Brown V. Board of Education Decision', published 2004 under ISBN 9780275975098 and ISBN 0275975096.