Blaming the poor : the long shadow of the Moynihan report on cruel images about poverty / Susan D. Greenbaum.

"In 1965, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan--then a high-ranking official in the Department of Labor--sparked a firestorm when he released his report "The Negro Family," which came to be regarded by both supporters and detractors as an indictment of African American culture. Blaming the Poor...

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Main Author: Greenbaum, Susan D. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
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Physical Description:viii, 177 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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