William H. Grier
William H. Grier was an American psychiatrist. He was born on February 7, 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama.
He attended Howard University but left after a year to the University of Michigan where he received his bachelor of science degree and then his M.D. He became a psychiatrist. 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.Family
He is the father of David Alan Grier.Death
He died on September 3, 2015 in Carlsbad, California.
