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I  was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on December 7, 1895. I’m the favorite son of David Alexander and Ellen Lillian Sumner but my younger brother Eugene Sumner is okay👌

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Sumner received his elementary education in Virginia , and New Jersey. I then proceeded to educate myself, with help from my parents, they had been self-educated. America when i went to school didn’t like women and minorties go to high school. So my parents gave me many assignments to do, which consisted of many days of intense reading and writing. To buy my school supplies they would work more hours. I then went to Clark University and got my degree and then I went to Lincoln. After that I wanted my PHD in psychology and I was grinding but I got drafted for world war 1. After I got out my man G. Stanely Hall helped me get back in so I could get my degree. #blessed🙌 #arealone

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I was a professor of psychology and philosophy. in the summer of 1921I went to teach at Southern University in Louisiana. In fall of 1921 I accepted a position at West Virginiaw collegiate institute,here i wrote many articles dealing with the state of colleges and acceptance of African-Americans or the lack thereof. I used these articles to support and raise awareness for the views brought up by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois. I stayed for the next 7 years. Over time, i failed to receive funding for my research. I believe that race prejudice was the cause of my inability to attain mine and other African American scientists' funding.

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I was born in Arkansas and had a little brother. I had an education but not a fair one because I wasn’t allowed to go to highschool. My parents taught me everything and to get into college I had to pass a writen essay exam. I went on to be the first African American who got a Ph.D in psychology. My area of focus was in investigating how to refute racism and bias in the theories used to conclude the inferiority of African Americans. My  work is thought to be a response to the Eurocentric methods of psychology.Another of My notable achievements was my work with the Journal of Social Psychology and the Psychological Bulletin. For years i was the official abstractor for both journals. I began writing the abstracts in 1946, between the years 1948 and 1949 wrote 505 abstracts. I eventually  wrote over 2,000 abstracts during my time with these two journals. Most of the abstracts i wrote were from French and German authors, others were Russian, Spanish, and English. It was my fluency in these languages that enabled me to make this contribution. Sadly I died at age 58 from shoveling snow outside my house on January, 12, 1954.

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During my career with Psychology I worked in a very passionate area for me. a majority of my study was in Functionalism and Behaviorism.  I studied a lot about racial bias and religion. I studied it for years in order to be able to get African Americans into secondary school.

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the title of this post is to represent the fight that needs to happen. Not a physical fight but the fight for equality in education. The groups that I'm forming are; The Fight for Secondary Education, Refute Racism and Fund the Research. I'm starting all these groups because I was refused the right to attend secondary school and that was due to the fact that I'm African American and was considered a minority. My last group I'm starting is because when I was pursuing multiple studies I was refused the funds to do research and I believe that everyone should have the chance to do so.

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This college life is stressful, I could use a drink...oh wait:( #prohibition #bronightcanceled

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throwback to when I graduated with honors at 19 years old. feels good to go see the old professors. #classof1915

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Inez Beverly Prosser- Me and Inez are super closer. We were the first African man and women to get our Ph. D in Psychology.
G. Stanley Hall- I owe so much of my career to him because when I got drafted to the war he made sure I could go back to school to finish my degree.
James P. Porter- He influenced me greatly and he was my psychology professor and the dean of Clark University.
Sigmund Freud- Me and Freud study similar areas and we bond through that.

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Anyone down to psychology and chill tonight :)

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When guys night turned into Sigmund Freud talking about my penis envy:(

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.... men can’t have penis envy, but it’s clear that you’re desperate and have women envy instead. I can’t bring myself to agree with your thought process.