black families
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African-American Fathers Dispel the Myth of Absentee Dads
Black men in America tend to be blamed for all of the ills which plague their communities. But none remains…
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New Website Uplifts Black Grandmothers
An assistant professor of American ethnic studies at the University of Washington has created a website dedicated to the role…
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Interactive Experience Offered to Fatherless Women in D.C.
Jonetta Rose Barras and her team at the nonprofit Esther Productions, Inc., have some serious questions for young women who've…
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Life Insurance Is One of the Keys to Black Wealth
If black lives matter, then black wealth should certainly matter, too. That's the motto of Eugene Mitchell, a corporate vice…
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Middle-Class Black Families, in Low-Income Neighborhoods
(New York Times) – Many of the nation’s racial disparities stem from the simple economic fact that white families make…
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Is the ‘Average’ American Family Vanishing?
(VOA News) – The average American family used to look very much like the fictional Cleaver family in the…
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Tracing Family’s Roots Gives a ‘Broader Sense of Self’
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For African Americans, the quest to trace one’s origins is fraught with…
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Blacks Bear Brunt of Great Recession Wealth Losses
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Great Recession has had its greatest impact on African Americans,…
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