Gloria Johnson-Powell (born Gloria Johnson, 1936 – October 11, 2017)[1] was a child psychiatrist who was also an important figure in the
Civil Rights Movement and was one of the first
African-American women to attain tenure at
Harvard Medical School.
In his 1999 book, The Children,[4]David Halberstam includes her as one of the key figures in the Civil Rights Movement.[5]
Scholarship
Her text, Black Monday's Children, discusses the effect of
desegregation on southern black children and she has continued working with minority children. Johnson-Powell has also published a book about the impact of
sexual abuse on children. In addition, with her daughter, she wrote the biography of her mother.
Death
Johnson-Powell died on October 11, 2017, in
Hamburg, Germany. She was 81.[6]
Works
Black Monday's Children: A Study Of The Effects Of School Desegregation On The Self-Concepts Of Southern Children
The Psychosocial Development of Minority Children editor Brunner/Mazel New York 1983
ISBN0-87630-277-0
Lasting Effects of Child Sexual Abuse co-editor with Gail Elizabeth Wyatt, Sage Publications 1998 Newbury Park
ISBN0-8039-3256-1
The House On Elbert Street: The Biography Of A Welfare Mother
Transcultural Child Development: Psychological Assessment and Treatment co-editor with Joe Yamamoto Wiley New York 1997
ISBN0-471-17479-3