Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report And Its Legacy (politics And Culture In Modern America)
by Daniel Geary /
2015 / English / EPUB
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Shortly after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Daniel Patrick Moynihan
authored a government report titled
Shortly after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Daniel Patrick Moynihan
authored a government report titledThe Negro Family: A Case
for National Action
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.
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.
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
Beyond
Civil Rights offers the definitive history of the Moynihan
Report controversy. Focusing on competing interpretations of the
report from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, Geary demonstrates
its significance for liberals, conservatives, neoconservatives,
civil rights leaders, Black Power activists, and feminists. He
also illustrates the pitfalls of discussing racial inequality
primarily in terms of family structure.
offers the definitive history of the Moynihan
Report controversy. Focusing on competing interpretations of the
report from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, Geary demonstrates
its significance for liberals, conservatives, neoconservatives,
civil rights leaders, Black Power activists, and feminists. He
also illustrates the pitfalls of discussing racial inequality
primarily in terms of family structure.Beyond Civil
Rights
Beyond Civil
Rights 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.
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.