How did the doll tests by Kenneth and Mamie Clark influence the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) cases?

The Clarks’ doll tests showed that many Black children associated positive traits with white dolls and negative traits with Black dolls. The results were used to demonstrate the psychological harm of segregation, including how people can internalize messages that devalue their own group. This illustrates internalized oppression caused by segregation.

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