Question

Was the first african american to earn a doctoral degree in psychology from a university in the us and is considered the father of african american psychology.

Answer 1

Francis C. Sumner - commonly referred to as the "Father of Black Psychology". In 1920 Sumner became the first African American to receive a Ph.D degree in psychology.

Answer 2

Answer:

  Francis Cecil Sumner.

Explanation:

  He received a doctoral degree in 1920.

  His area of investigation was focus on investigating how to refute the theories that sustained African Americans were inferiors.

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