Legacy and Honors
- 1961 – Kenneth Clark received the Spingarn Medal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for his contributions to promoting integration and better race relations.
- 1966 – Columbia University awarded each Clark the Nicholas Murray Butler Silver Medal, for the significance of their work.
- 1970 – Kenneth B. Clark was awarded an honorary doctorate (LL.D.) by Columbia University.
- 1985 – Four Freedoms Award in the category Freedom of Speech
- 1994 - 102nd annual meeting of APA, 40 years after Brown v. Board of Education, Dr. Clark was presented with the APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology. He was only one of six psychologist to receive that prestigious award.
- 2002 – Molefi Kete Asante named Kenneth Clark on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.
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