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Black psychology, also known as African-American psychology and African/Black psychology, is a scientific field that focuses on how people of African descent know and experience the world. [1] The field, particularly in the United States, largely emerged as a result of the lack of understanding of the psychology of Black people under ...
Keturah Whitehurst was born in 1912 in Florida. Her father was a preacher, and her grandfather had escaped enslavement in Alabama.Keturah was an only child. [2] When Keturah was 11 years old, she began to attend a faith-based boarding school in Jacksonville, Florida, because the local school was segregated and said to be inadequate when measuring its merit by the local white school.
Linda James Myers (born 1948) is an American psychologist best known for developing a theory of optimal psychology. [1] [2] Optimal psychology theory relies on African and Native American worldviews to promote interconnectedness and anti-racism. [3] [4] [5] James Myers has offered significant contributions to the field of African Psychology.
The ABPsi successfully anchored the formation of an independent field of Black Psychology.With increased numbers of African-Americans enrolling in graduate programs in Psychology and entering the field, the ABPsi's Journal, newsletter, and annual meetings brought the individual efforts of African-American psychologists together to form a collective endeavor encompassing a large body of ...
Na'im Akbar is a clinical psychologist well known for his Afrocentric approach to psychology. He is a distinguished scholar, public speaker, and author. [1] Akbar entered the world of Black psychology in the 1960s, as the Black Power Movement was gaining momentum. [2]
Robert Val Guthrie (February 14, 1932 – November 6, 2005) [1] was an American psychologist and educator described by the American Psychological Association as "one of the most influential and multifaceted African-American scholars of the century."
Kobi Kazembe Kambon (a.k.a. Joseph A. Baldwin; November 29, 1943 - December 31, 2018) was a black educator and psychologist. His research has been particularly influential in areas relating to African (Black) Psychology, cultural survival in the face of cultural oppression, and mental health.
Reginald Lanier Jones (January 21, 1931 – September 24, 2005) was a clinical psychologist, college professor, and a founding member and past president of the Association of Black Psychologists. He is best known for his work in special education and the psychology of African Americans. [1]