Which of the following statements about Francis C. Sumner is TRUE?
A)He was the first African American president of the American Psychological Association.
B)He was the first person to be awarded a Ph.D. in psychology in the United States.
C)He was denied the Ph.D. degree he had earned in his graduate studies at Harvard University because he was African American.
D)He chaired a psychology department at Howard University and was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in psychology in the United States.

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Francis C. Sumner is recognized as the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in psychology in the United States, and he indeed chaired the psychology department at Howard University.

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