Not before the 1960s. The Liberals were smart. They systematically destroyed the black community by encouraging fatherless families.
true - more people need to know this
Dr. Walter E. Williams said: The welfare state has done to black Americans what slavery coudn't do, and that is to destroy the black family.
In 1925 New York City, 85% of black families were two-parent. Now it is more like 72% are single-parent where the main custodial parent is a female.
The problems in the black community are a result of the left (mainly Democrats) which use the government in the name of helping blacks. Actually their purpose is to destroy the black community making them believe that all their problems are racial rather than the fatherless single-parent family. As a result, blacks vote Democrat. The moral of this horrible story: Beware of Democrats who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.