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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greenbaum, Susan D. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Labor. > Office of Policy Planning and Research. > Negro family, the case for national action.
Poor African Americans > Social conditions.
African American families > Social conditions.
African Americans > Public opinion.
Poverty > United States > History.
Public welfare > United States > History.
United States > Race relations > History.
United States > Social policy.
Moynihan, Daniel P. > (Daniel Patrick), > 1927-2003.
Physical Description:viii, 177 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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