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Alvin F. Poussaint (1934-2025) Psychiatrist, author. Alvin F. Poussaint was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Full Name

Alvin Francis Poussaint

Locations

New York•Tompkins

Author's Timeline

1934

Birth

New York County: Alvin Francis Poussaint was born in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York, on May 15, 1934.

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Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Poussaint attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, New York.

1956

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Poussaint received a bachelor’s degree in pharmacology from Columbia University in 1956.

1960

Other Life Event

Tompkins County: Mr. Poussaint received a medical degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1960.

1972

Literary Work

Why Blacks Kill Blacks
Emerson Hall Publishers, Inc.; First Edition
0878290044 / 978-0878290048
Nonfiction.

1075

Literary Work

Black Child Care: How to Bring Up a Healthy Black Child in America - A Guide to Emotional and Psychological Development
Simon & Schuster; First Edition - First Printing
0671219022 / 978-0671219024
Nonfiction written with James P. Comer.

1992

Literary Work

Raising Black Children
Penguin Publishing Group
0452268397 / 9780452268395
Nonfiction written with James P. Comer.

2000

Literary Work

Lay My Burden Down: Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis Among African-Americans
Beacon Press; First Edition
0807009601 / 978-0807009604
Nonfiction written with Amy Alexander.

2007

Literary Work

Come On, People: On the Path From Victims to Victors
Thomas Nelson Inc; 1st edition
1595550925 / 978-1595550927
Nonfiction written with Bill Cosby.

2025

Death

Alvin F. Poussaint died at his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, on February 24, 2025.

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