‘Father of Black Psychology’ Joseph L. White dies at 84 (AP)
‘Father of Black Psychology’ Joseph L. White dies at 84 (AP)
- November 29, 2017
- Joseph White, social sciences, featured by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, ABC News, Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Business Insider, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and 141 additional publications
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Joseph L. White, a psychologist, social activist and teacher who helped pioneer the
field of black psychology to counter what he saw as rampant ignorance and prejudice
in the profession, has died. He was 84. White, who lived in Irvine, died of a heart
attack on Nov. 21 near Chicago during a flight to St. Louis to see his daughter for
Thanksgiving, said Tom Vasich, a spokesman for the University of California, Irvine,
where White was a professor for decades.
For the full story, please visit https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/11/29/us/ap-us-obit-father-of-black-psychology.html.
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