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The Doll Test – 1954 Supreme Court

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The doll test is a psychological experiment designed in the 1940’s in the US to test the degree or marginalization felt by African American children caused by prejudice, discrimination and racial segregation.

Kenneth and Mamie Clark’s doll experiments grew out of Mamie Clark’s master’s degree thesis on children’t self perception related to race between 1939 and 1940.

This test was used in the 1954 Supreme Court Case, Brown vs. The Board of Education that desegregated American schools.
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The Danger Of A Single Story – Continent Of Africa

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Chimamanda Adichie is a Nigerian writer whose works range from novels to short stories to nonfiction. She was described in The Times Literary Supplement as “the most prominent” of a “procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors [which] is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature”, particularly in the United States.

Iwani Mawocha is an actress, writer and UI/UX designer from Southern Africa.  She is an undergraduate student at Yale-NUS College, and who desires to master multiple languages. [Read more…]

Charlie Sifford – First Black Golfer

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Charles Luther Sifford (June 2, 1922 – February 3, 2015) was an American professional golfer who was the first African American to play on the PGA Tour.

Charlie Sifford endured a hard road to glory from distractions of racial prejudice to the threat of body harm. He persevered to become an American hero. Charlie Sifford began learning the game of golf the only way Black kids could in the 1930’s, as a caddy. He earned sixty cents a day, gave fifty cents to his mother and kept ten cents to buy cigars which was one of his signature trademarks. Clayton Heafner who was a kind hearted White player, taught Charlie Sifford and other young Black men golf technique. [Read more…]