The Black Families, Race, and Resilience (BFRR) Lab operates from the understanding that African-descendant people in the United States have historically and contemporarily encountered systemic barriers—and have developed adaptive responses rooted in individual, familial, and cultural strengths. We reject deficit-based interpretations that pathologize Black communities and instead assert that social challenges such as poverty, violence, incarceration, health, and educational inequities reflect the enduring legacy and institutionalization of structural racism. Accordingly, we examine Black families within the context of both oppressive and liberatory ecological systems, emphasizing the adaptive, resistant, and thriving strategies through which they sustain well-being and collective resilience.