Ebook: Beyond civil rights: the Moynihan report and its legacy

Introduction: crisis of equality -- Liberal mindset -- Negro equality : dream or delusion? -- New racism -- Death of white sociology -- Feminism and the nuclear family norm -- From national action to benign neglect -- Epilogue : a mixed legacy.;50 years after its publication, the Moynihan Report remains a touchstone in contemporary racial politics. Daniel Geary offers a definitive history of the controversy surrounding it. Focusing on competing interpretations of the report from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, he 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, and captures a watershed moment in US history that reveals the roots of current political divisions and the stakes in the ongoing public debate.