Tim Spofford | Tim Spofford "What the Children Told Us" Book
"Full Partners", by Tim Spofford, the first biography of Kenneth and Mamie Clark, the psychologists who created the legendary doll test.
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The Biography of Two Lovers, Activists, and Researchers
Unfolding like a novel, this is the true story of two young Harlem psychologists who developed the famous doll test, the path-breaking experiment that played a key role in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling against segregated school systems. For Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark, this was just the opening act in their struggle for justice and racial integration.
The Biography of Two Lovers, Activists, and Researchers
Unfolding like a novel, this is the true story of two young Harlem psychologists who developed the famous doll test, the path-breaking experiment that played a key role in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling against segregated school systems. For Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark, this was just the opening act in their struggle for justice and racial integration.
They Met at Howard University, Fell in Love, and Made History
“What The Children Told Us” shows how the Clarks’ legendary doll test, court testimony and work with the NAACP paved the way to a life of activism in Harlem and on the national scene – all while raising two children.
With a doctorate in English, Tim Spofford worked for years in classrooms and newsrooms. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Newsday, Mother Jones, Columbia Journalism Review and other publications. His first book, Lynch Street, was designated an Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights. Spofford lives with his wife, Barbara, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Lee, Massachusetts.
“Lynch Street: The May 1970 Slayings at Jackson State College”
Amid a wave of antiwar protests in May 1970, National Guardsmen shot and killed four white students at Kent State University in Ohio. One night ten days later, dozens of Mississippi lawmen lined up in front of a women’s dormitory at a Black college and opened fire, riddling the dorm and leaving two students dead.
