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Is Marriage for White People? How the Decline of African American Marriage Affects Everyone

Is Marriage for White People? How the Decline of African American Marriage Affects Everyone

Is Marriage for White People? How the Decline of African American Marriage Affects Everyone

A Conversation with Ralph Richard Banks, Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Author, Is Marriage for White People? How the Decline of African American Marriage Affects Everyone, hosted by Leah Ward Sears, Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice.

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Based on his social science research, author RALPH RICHARD BANKS looks, with JUSTICE LEAH SEARS at the intimate lives of African American women and examines why they are not getting married and are the least likely to marry of any segment of the American population.

This conversation was recorded in New York City on September 26, 2011.