Contributions of African Americans to the field of psychology

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-64

  Black, Sheila R ^a   Spence, Susie A ^b   Omari, Safiya R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black psychology; History of psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845811555     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704263124     Document Type: Review

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