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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 ri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Geary, Daniel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Moynihan, Daniel P. > (Daniel Patrick), > 1927-2003.
Moynihan, Daniel P. > (Daniel Patrick), > 1927-2003 > Political and social views.
United States. > Department of Labor. > Office of Policy Planning and Research. > Negro family.
Social conditions.
Race relations.
Political and social views.
Economic history.
Civil rights movements.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Familles pauvres noires americaines > Politique gouvernementale > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Familles pauvres noires americaines > Conditions sociales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
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.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
États-Unis > Conditions economiques > 20e siecle.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States > Economic conditions > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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Sumario: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. 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 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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9780812291483

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