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Five poems by Negro youngsters who faced a sudden desegregation

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This paper is about four male Negro juvenile delinquents who faced a sudden desegregation for which they were unprepared. The youngsters' reaction to this social situation is examined mainly through five poems written by one (or two) of them under the influence of the desegragated condition.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Va.

    Vamik Volkan M.D.

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This paper was written at the Dorothea Dix Hospital, Raleigh, N. C. The author wishes to thank the Department of Psychology, Cherry Hospital, Goldsboro, N. C. for administering the following tests to all youngsters: Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale —Form II, the Draw A Person Test, the Rorschach, and the Thematic Apperception Test.

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Volkan, V. Five poems by Negro youngsters who faced a sudden desegregation. Psych Quar 37, 607–617 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01566431

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