All ages have their problems. In some ways blacks are worse off now in consequence of Johnson's Great Society fraud than they were in the first half of the 20th Century. Despite the racism, black families were more or less healthy and intact. Harlem was flourishing and safe.
Feminists are perplexed to discover today that many women are giving up on the "freedom to achieve" outside the home and are returning to the role of homebound mothers. It isn't a bad, repressive, or unfulfilling life simply because it involves changing diapers in lieu of climbing the corporate ladder or filing appellate briefs.
And "Blacks" are not worse off than they were then. There are many middle and upper class Black families that have achieved successes they would not have been permitted in thee '50s. I will grant you that the welfare recipients - many of whom are Black and live in inner cities - are worse off. Welfare reform is helping, but it's a problem still needing solutions. But that's not the Black population - it's a subset.
Very few women are giving up on the "freedom to achieve" outside the home and are returning to the role of homebound mothers. Many women are taking time off from their careers to raise their children full time, but they are by no means "homebound" as women often were in the yore of your dreams, and most have careers before and after the major childraising years.