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Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and Its Legacy

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Description for Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and Its Legacy Paperback. 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. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .

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.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Politics & Culture in Modern America
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812223910
SKU
V9780812223910
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About Daniel Geary
Daniel Geary is Mark Pigott Associate Professor in U.S. History at Trinity College Dublin and author of Radical Ambition: C. Wright Mills, the Left, and American Social Thought.

Reviews for Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and Its Legacy
"The Moynihan Report is well-trodden historical ground, but Geary offers the most extensive and nuanced discussion to date of its intellectual, social, and political context and of its significant historical impact."
American Historical Review
"A concise, lucid, and wonderfully readable account. With remarkable acuity and grace, Beyond Civil Rights provides an utterly persuasive history of both the Moynihan ... Read more

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