Born in the social, cultural and political vortex of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, African American students and professional psychologist founded the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) in San Francisco in 1968. Dr. Wade Nobles of Oakland’s own Institute for the Advanced Study of Black Family Life and Culture, Inc. was one of the co-founders that gave birth to this organization of Black psychologists.

The Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) is international in scope and currently has members in Africa, Europe, Canada and the Caribbean. The ABPsi was formed to utilize the skills of Black Psychologists to benefit the Black community. Specifically the raison d’etre of the Association was to address the significant social problems affecting the Black community and to positively impact upon the mental health of the national Black community through planning, programs, services, training and advocacy.