In the annals of black marriage, even iconic (albeit fictional) successes like Cliff and Clair Huxtable get drowned out by a constant narrative of glo...
JACKSON, Miss. -- A predominantly white Mississippi church has apologized for its refusal to allow a black couple to marry in its sanctuary, though th...
"What's the date for Black Marriage Day?" the reporter asked. Nisa told the woman she'd call her right back, hung up, then looked at the calendar. January, February and April-June were out -- New Year's, Black History Month, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day. March was empty.
Ralph Richard Banks, a Stanford Law Professor, examines race and marriage in his latest book "Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American ...
Marriage rates in the United States have been declining steadily across races over the last decade, with those who do marry doing so much later in lif...
Implicit in all of this discourse is an underlying message that most black women have been going about things the wrong way (becoming pregnant while single), or prioritizing the wrong things (careers, education, personal development).
For all the talk about how African Americans use the Internet and social media these days, there's an even larger conversation taking place about why ...
"At this point in my life," says Audrey, age 39, "I thought I'd be married with children." A native of southeast Washington, D.C., and the child of pa...
NEW YORK -- For Kenny and Lynette Seymour, last weekend's black marriage gala was about celebrating their seven-year marriage. They got to meet other ...
The marriage prospects for single, professional African American women are dismal. Affected parties are weighing in from every angle on how we, allegedly distraught black women, should solve our "problem."