The Legacy of the Moynihan Report

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 17, 2015

Shortly after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Daniel Patrick Moynihan authored a government report titled The Negro Family: A Case for National Action, which was an analysis of black families and highlighted socioeconomic inequality. However, the report's central argument that poor families headed by single mothers inhibited African American progress sparked heated controversy. In Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and Its LegacyDaniel Geary shows how the report's conclusions changed how Americans talk about race, the family, and poverty.

And for further reading on the report's effect, don't forget to check out Ta-Nehisi Coates' article in the October 2015 issue of The Atlantic, "The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration."

EVENT: On September 18th, the author will be speaking and signing copies of his book at the Harvard Book Store at 3:00PM. 

1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

 

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