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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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