Politics & Society
Black Children in the U.S. Foster Care System

News & Notes, May 4, 2005 · More than 500,000 children are in the U.S. foster care system, and African-American kids make up nearly 40 percent of that number. Two former foster children, clothing entrepreneur Tony Shellman and actress Victoria Rowell, discuss the promise and problems of foster care at the start of National Foster Care Month.