Freedom Is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report and America's Struggle Over Black Family Life - From LBJ to Obama
- ISBN-10
- 0465028535
- ISBN-13
- 9780465028535
- Series
- Freedom Is Not Enough
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04-03
- Publisher
- Basic Books (AZ)
- Author
- James T. Patterson
Description
Presents the release and reception of Moynihan's report "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action" then and in the forty-five years since.
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