Amos N. Wilson
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Amos N. Wilson | |
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| Born | Amos Nelson Wilson September 19, 1941 Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States |
| Died | January 14, 1995 (aged 53) |
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| Fields | Psychology, Sociology, Black Studies |
| Institutions | CUNY, NY Institute of Technology, Afrikan World InfoSystems |
Amos Nelson Wilson (September 19,1941 – January 14, 1995) was a pioneering Black psychologist, social theorist, Pan-African thinker, Scholar and author. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1941, Wilson completed his undergraduate degree at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He later migrated to New York where he mastered at The New School of Social Research before attaining his Ph.D. from Fordham University, in the field of General Theoretical Psychology.
Wilson availed himself for his numerous appearances at educational, cultural and political organizations such as the First World Alliance, the Afrikan Poetry Theatre, Afrikan Echoes, House of Our Lord Church, the Patrice Lumumba Coalition, the Slave Theatre, and CEMOTAP to name just a few. His travels took him throughout the United States, to Canada and the Caribbean.
Over the course of his shortened career, Wilson has written prolifically on several subjects such as black psychotheraphy, education, criminology, child development, sociology, power, economics, and politics.
Currently Published Work:
- The Developmental Psychology of the Black Child (NY: Africana Research Publications, 1978),
- Black-on-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination (NY: Afrikan World InfoSystems, 1990),
- Understanding Black Male Adolescent Violence: Its Prevention and Remediation (NY: Afrikan World InfoSystems, 1992),
- Awakening the Natural Genius of Black Children (NY: Afrikan World InfoSystems, 1992),
- The Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness: Eurocentric History, Psychiatry and the Politics of White Supremacy (NY: Afrikan World InfoSystems, 1993), and
- Blueprint for Black Power: A Moral, Political and Economic Imperative for the Twenty-First Century (NY: Afrikan World InfoSystems, 1998).
1978 (Development Psychology of the black child)The book talks about dealing with the growth,development and education of African American children. The first book written by Dr.Amos Wilson. 1990(black on black violence) This is Dr.Amos Wilson's book discussing the issue of blacks killing each other; fighting the wrong enemy. 1992 (Awakening the Natural Genius of Black Children) Amos Wilson speaks about how African children are gifted. He writes about child rearing practices, games and play materials. 1993(The Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness: Eurocentric History, Phychiaty and the Politics of White Supremacy)In this book Dr.Wilson exposes European oppression of African peoples and falsification of African intelligence. 1998( Blueprint for Black Power)This is Dr. Amos Wilson's final book before his death. He presents solutions to the issues of Blacks in America. The solution to tyranny and oppression. He explains how to gain power and free yourself from oppression.