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Mamie Phipps Clark  

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  • Mamie Phipps Clark, one of the first Black women to earn a Ph.D. in psychology, was the cofounder and director of the innovative Northside Center for Child Development in New York City. Founded in 1946, Northside is a multidisciplinary, multiracial service for children, adolescents, and parents with psychological and educational needs in the Harlem community. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Clark, Mamie Phipps (1917–1983)]

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