Na'im Akbar

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Na'im Akbar, wanda ake kira Luther Benjamin Weems Jr., an haife shi a ranar 26 ga watan Afrilu, shekara ta 1944, a Tallahassee, Florida . Ya samu halatar Makarantar Laboratory ta Jami'ar Florida A & M, makarantar ba kaken fata daga makarantar sakandare kuma ya kammala karatu sa a shekara ta 1961.lokacin da yake yaro  iyayen Black na tsakiya, Akbar yana cikin yanayi mai ban mamaki a lokacin yayin da iyayensa biyu suka sami ilimi a kwaleji, wani yanayi mai ban sha'awa ga yaro Black da ke girma a lokacin. Ya kasance yaro ne a cikin wata al'umma ta kudancin da aka ware a Tallahassee, amma ya zauna a cikin wata ƙungiya ta musamman inda "ƙwarewar ilimi ita ce ma'auni mara tambaya". A lokacin da baƙar fata ke zaune a cikin al'ummomin da aka raba da su a zamantakewa da tattalin arziki, wannan girmamawa kan ingancin ilimi ya kasance mai ban mamaki.

Bayan kammala karatunsa na makarantar sakandare, a Akbar ya koma Jami'ar Michigan, inda ya kammala karatun sa na B.A. a cikin Psychology, MA a cikin Clinical Psychology, da Ph.D. a cikin Clonical Psychology. Da yake yana da tasiri sosai daga ƙungiyar ɗaliban Black a Jami'ar Michigan, kuma yana da masaniya game da tashin hankali na launin fata (shekara ta farko a Michigan ta nuna hulɗarsa ta farko da Whites), Akbar ya zama mai aiki tare da Black Action Movement (BAM) yayi aiki sosai wadda har ta kai da ya rufe azuzuwan a Jami'ar Michigan na makonni uku a ƙarshen shekarun Kwarewarsa a Michigan ya taimaka wajen gyra mataki karatun Akbar da fara yin tambaya game da tsarin halin mutum, wanda ya fi rinjaye a lokacin. Akbar ya ba da labarin cewa yanayin da ke Michigan ya haifar da "magana ta farko da muka fara yi game da 'Black Psychology', da kuma rushe ilimin halayyar da aka koya mana".
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