Beyond Civil Rights : The Moynihan Report and Its Legacy.
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TextSeries: Politics and Culture in Modern America SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (285 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780812291520
- Moynihan, Daniel P.--(Daniel Patrick),--1927-2003--Political and social views
- United States.--Department of Labor.--Office of Policy Planning and Research.--Negro family
- African American poor families--Government policy--History--20th century
- African American poor families--Social conditions--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
- 305.896/073
- E185.86 .G437 2015
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction. Crisis of Equality -- Chapter 1. The Liberal Mindset -- Chapter 2. Negro Equality-Dream or Delusion? -- Chapter 3. The New Racism -- Chapter 4. The Death of White Sociology -- Chapter 5. Feminism and the Nuclear Family Norm -- Chapter 6. From National Action to Benign Neglect -- Epilogue. A Mixed Legacy -- Notes -- Archival Collections Consulted -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
The definitive history of the Moynihan Report controversy, Beyond Civil Rights examines the cultural assumptions embedded in the report's analysis of "the Negro family" and demonstrates its significance for liberals, conservatives, neoconservatives, civil rights leaders, Black Power activists, and feminists.
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