The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America is a CBS News special report hosted by Bill Moyers that aired in January 1986.
Moyers interviews several unwed Black mothers in Newark, New Jersey and explores the dynamics of their families.
"[1] The New York Times noted that the special had "no negative racial stereotypes" and praised it as using "intelligence and grace" to describe its subjects.
[2] The Vanishing Family won an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award Gold Baton for excellence in broadcast journalism.
Angela Davis wrote an essay criticizing The Vanishing Family, arguing that there was a flaw in the statistic that impelled the report.