Alvin F. Poussaint, civil rights advocate and leading voice on Black mental health, dies at 90

Alvin F. Poussaint, a psychiatrist who provided medical care to civil rights activists in 1960s Mississippi and later became a national authority on the effects of racism on Black mental health, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 at his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He was 90. His wife, Dr. Tina Young Poussaint, confirmed his death. […]