The Vanishing Black Family

In this The Daily Signal article, Delano Squires reveals that the traditional black family has largely vanished due to welfare policies, feminism, and cultural shifts that made marriage optional and fathers absent, leaving millions of children vulnerable.

• In a 1986 CBS documentary, young black mothers in Newark openly stated they did not need men in the home, with one explaining she grew up without a father so male figures were not important.
• Today, 69% of black children are born to unwed parents and nearly 45% live with a single mother, representing a profound cultural breakdown where the married husband-and-wife household is obsolete in many communities.
• Decades of research confirm children raised by married biological parents fare better economically, socially, and educationally than those in single-parent homes.
• The article traces the crisis to government welfare expansions and feminist influences since the 1960s that discouraged marriage and father involvement.
• Squires, drawing from his own upbringing in a stable Christian married household, argues a biblical blueprint emphasizing marriage, faith, and male leadership is essential for restoration.
• He contrasts two paths: accepting family breakdown as unchangeable, dooming more children to poverty and instability, or committing to the hard cultural work of reviving marriage across generations.
• Historical black leaders like Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass modeled strong family institutions and moral conviction as keys to flourishing.
• Squires’ new book calls for restoring the traditional family so every black child can grow up with a committed mother and father, providing the ultimate privilege of stability and security.

Read the full story:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/16/the-vanishing-black-family/