Black Lives: Illusion. Teenage motherhood, single parent families, and the child poverty trap

A majority of African American children are brought up by a single parent, usually a teenage mother. Twothirds grow up in lowincome families with less than the minimum amount of income needed for the necessities of life. In Episode 6, RTD meets Jimmy, a high school dropout who fathered a child as a teenager, and Miracle, a nurse for elderly patients who became a single mother following her divorce. Both want to protect their children, but can they give their children the stability they need while on thei