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Kenneth Bancroft Clark's Life And Work

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Kenneth Bancroft Clark was born on July,24,1914 in Panama Canal Zone, he died on May,1,2005 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Clark’s parents were Arthur Bancroft Clark and Miriam Hanson Clark. When Clark was 4 ½ years old his mother made him and his siblings move to New York in 1919, but his father refused to leave and stayed in the country they where living in. Clark was lucky and had became a freeman, later on he studied at Howard University in 1935. In April, 4, 1938 Clark got married with Mamie Phipps and has two children’s, Kate Miriam Bancroft, and Hilton Bancroft. Clark did lots of things to help childrens in need, he even helped founded for Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited. He did all he could because he really wanted to help

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