Ensuring Inequality

There is a crisis today in the American family and this crisis has been particularly severe in the African American community. Black women and men are more likely than ever to remain single and as a result a staggering number of African-American children are growing up in households that do not include their biological fathers. In this revised edition of an award winning book Donna L. Franklin and co-author Angela D. James expand and update the nuanced historical perspective used in the first edition to understand African American family patterns. The result is a well-documented narrative that challenges conventional understanding of the continuing plight of African American families.