Geary, Daniel, author.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
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Part of the series Politics and culture in modern America;Politics and culture in modern America.
Notes:
- Shortly after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Daniel Patrick Moynihan authored a government report titled The Negro Family: A Case for National Action that captured the attention of President Lyndon Johnson. Responding to the demands of African American activists that the United States go beyond civil rights to secure economic justice, Moynihan thought his analysis of black families highlighted socioeconomic inequality. However, the report’s central argument that poor families headed by single mothers inhibited African American progress touched off a heated controversy. The long-running dispute over Moynihan’s conclusions changed how Americans talk about race, the family, and poverty. Fifty years after its publication, the Moynihan Report remains a touchstone in contemporary racial politics, cited by President Barack Obama and Congressman Paul Ryan among others. Beyond Civil Rights offers the definitive history of the Moynihan Report controversy [and] captures a watershed moment in American history that reveals the roots of current political divisions and the stakes of a public debate that has extended for decades — Provided by publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Crisis of equality — The liberal mindset — Negro equality : dream or delusion? — The new racism — The death of white sociology — Feminism and the nuclear family norm — From national action to benign neglect — A mixed legacy.
Subjects:
- United States. Department of Labor. Office of Policy Planning and Research. Negro family.
- Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003 — Political and social views.
- African American poor families — Government policy — History — 20th century.
- African American poor families — Social conditions — History — 20th century.
- Civil rights movements — United States — History — 20th century.
- United States — Social conditions — 20th century.
- United States — Economic conditions — 20th century.
- United States — Race relations — History — 20th century.
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