Alvin Francis Poussaint, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Author, professor, psychiatrist
Date of Birth: 15-May-1934
Place of Birth: East Harlem, New York, United States
Profession: psychiatrist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Alvin Francis Poussaint
- Alvin Francis Poussaint, M.
- D.
- is an American psychiatrist well known for his research on the effects of racism in the black community.
- He is a noted author, public speaker, and television consultant, and Dean of Students at Harvard Medical School.
- His work in psychiatry is influenced greatly by the civil rights movement in the South, which he joined in 1965.
- While living in the South, Pouissant learned much about the racial dynamics.
- He soon delved into his first book, Why Blacks Kill Blacks, which looks at the effects of racism on the psychological development of blacks.
- Most of Poussaint's work focuses on the mental health of African Americans.
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