Them Before Us #110 | Welfare, Feminism, and the Vanishing Black Family | Delano Squires

<p>In 1965, about 24% of Black children were born to unmarried parents, and today that number sits around 70%. Delano Squires [ <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC0pGKIoCW2KHcIzVvqtCSfQ">@squire429⁩ </a>] is the author of The Vanishing Black Family and director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Human Flourishing at the Heritage Foundation. </p><p>In his book, he explains how, through slavery and the aftermath, Black Americans demonstrated a great dedication to preserving their marriages and families, but welfare pushed fathers out, and feminism told mothers they didn’t need them. He also lays out a child-first plan to rebuild marriage through the church, the schoolhouse, the state house, and the culture.</p><p>Get your copy of &quot;The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable here: <a href="https://amzn.to/3VCXtkU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://amzn.to/3VCXtkU</a></p><p>Follow the author on X: <a href="https://x.com/DelanoSquires" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@DelanoSquires</a></p>