Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-270) and indexes.
Contents
"The noble savage" and science -- Brass instruments and dark skins -- Psychometric scientism -- Psychology and race -- The psychology of survival and education -- Black psychologists: training, employment, and organizations -- Production of black psychologists in America -- Francis Cecil Sumner: father of black American psychologists -- The past is prologue -- Appendix A: Statement on racial psychology by The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
-- Appendix B: List of respondents to the 1930 questionnaire concerning the validity of the mulatto hypotheses -- Appendix C: Miscegenation laws in the United States -- Appendix D: Application to Howard University in 1872 for a professorship in chemistry from G. Stanley Hall -- Appendix E: Psychology instructors at Howard University, 1867-1940 -- Appendix F: Master degree graduates in psychology, Howard University, 1927-1950 -- Appendix G: Selected bibliography of