4 9 ▁families . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁in ▁Q ale h ▁Gan j ▁County <0x0A> </s> ▁Howard ▁Em ery ▁Wright ▁( 1 9 0 8 ▁- ▁ 1 9 8 8 ) ▁was ▁an ▁African - American ▁social ▁psych ologist ▁and ▁educ ator . ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁President ▁of ▁Allen ▁University , ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Office ▁of ▁Education , ▁and ▁as ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁Division ▁of ▁Social ▁Sciences ▁at ▁The ▁Ham pton ▁Institute . ▁He ▁studied ▁att itud inal ▁testing . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Wright ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁in ▁Philadelphia ▁to ▁William ▁and ▁Ev ely n ▁Wright . ▁He ▁attended ▁elementary ▁school ▁in ▁Washington ▁D . C . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁gradu ate ▁of ▁Atlantic ▁City ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁New ▁Jersey . ▁ ▁Under grad uate ▁and ▁gradu ate ▁years ▁Wright ▁received ▁a ▁b ach elor ' s ▁degree ▁from ▁Lincoln ▁University ▁in ▁Pennsylvania ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁He ▁received ▁a ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁from ▁Ohio ▁State ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁with ▁a ▁th esis ▁on ▁att itud inal ▁testing . ▁He ▁received ▁a ▁Ph D ▁in ▁psych ology ▁at ▁Ohio ▁State ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁ ▁Care ers ▁Wright ▁became ▁principal ▁of ▁the ▁Camp us ▁Labor atory ▁School ▁at ▁Alb any ▁State ▁College ▁in ▁Georgia ▁at ▁age ▁twenty ▁five ▁until ▁ 1 9 3 4 . ▁He ▁was ▁principal ▁at ▁a ▁school ▁in ▁West ▁Virginia ▁called