04105nam 2200637 450 991046090920332120200520144314.00-8122-2391-810.9783/9780812291520(CKB)3710000000430890(EBL)3442535(MiAaPQ)EBC3442535(DE-B1597)451262(OCoLC)907964575(DE-B1597)9780812291520(Au-PeEL)EBL3442535(CaPaEBR)ebr11064687(CaONFJC)MIL797566(EXLCZ)99371000000043089020150627h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBeyond civil rights the Moynihan Report and its legacy /Daniel GearyPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :University of Pennsylvania Press,2015.©20151 online resource (285 p.)Politics and Culture in Modern AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8122-9152-2 0-8122-4731-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --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 --AcknowledgmentsShortly 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-1960's to the late 1970's, 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.Politics and Culture in Modern AmericaAfrican American poor familiesGovernment policyHistory20th centuryAfrican American poor familiesSocial conditions20th centuryCivil rights movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditions20th centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditions20th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsHistory20th centuryElectronic books.African American poor familiesGovernment policyHistoryAfrican American poor familiesSocial conditionsCivil rights movementsHistory305.896/073Geary Daniel1028436MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460909203321Beyond civil rights2488185UNINA