The first book to examine the full range of black life from the vantage point of psychiatry,
Black Rage tells of the insidious effects of the heritage of slavery; describes love, marriage,
and the family; addresses the sexual myths and fears of blacks and whites; chronicles how the
schools fail the black child; examines mental illness among black people and the psychic stresses
engendered by discrimination; and, finally, focuses on the miasma of racial hatred that envelops this country,
why it exists, and what will surely happen if it is not soon dispelled
William Henry Grier (February 7, 1926 – September 3, 2015)
He attended Howard University but left after a year to the University of Michigan where he received
his bachelor of science degree (1945) and then his M.D.
He became a psychiatrist, and shortly thereafter, he was sent overseas as part of the Korean War
and contracted polio which left him with a permanent limp.
He first worked as a psychiatrist in Detroit before moving to San Francisco, where he met
Price M. Cobbs. Together, they published the book Black Rage in 1968.
Black Rage was a groundbreaking work on race and became required reading in college classes.
In 1971, they co-wrote another book about black churches called The Jesus Bag.
He was the chairman of the department of psychiatry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee,
in the 1970s. He then had a psychiatric practice in San Diego until he retired in the 1990s
He is the father of David Alan Grier.
Price Mashaw Cobbs, M.D. (November 2, 1928 – June 25, 2018) was a psychiatrist, civil rights leader,
author and management consultant.
He published extensively about racism and created a clinical model called Ethnotherapy.
He was one of the founders of the African American Leadership Institute Anderson School of Business
at UCLA and a Life Member of the NAACP. He co-authored two books with William Grier,
Black Rage and The Jesus Bag and co-authored Cracking the Corporate Code with Judith L. Turnock.

A difficult, but worthy, read. Much bias in the information, but also good solid information. ( )

The slave experience in America has profoundly influenced Black life through to the current day. ( )