Blaming the Poor: The Long Shadow of the Moynihan Report on Cruel Images about Poverty

by Susan D. Greenbaum

Book Overview

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 examines the regrettably durable impact of the Moynihan Report for race relations and social policy in America, challenging the humiliating image...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813574137
• ISBN13: 9780813574134
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary