The Moynihan report and the politics of controversy;

a Trans-action social science and public policy report
[by] Lee Rainwater [and] William L. Yancey. Including the full text of The Negro family: the case for national action by Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Rainwater, Lee.
Contributors: Yancey, William L., joint author.
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In collection: Stephen Griffin Collection
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Cambridge, Mass. : M. I. T. Press, [1967]
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Notes:Dust jacket available. See entry for [Miscellaneous dust jackets removed from Stephen Griffin Collection items] in the NLI catalogue.

Includes bibliographical references.

Physical description: xviii, 493 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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Table of Contents:
Introduction
The political context of the report : the government and the civil rights movement
Moynihan's strategy
The Moynihan report, The Negro family : the case for national action / Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The Howard University address / President Lyndon B. Johnson
The report becomes public
Public statements about sensitive issues
Opposition in the permanent government
The civil rights reactions build
After Watts the issue is joined
Intellectual commentary on the report
Confrontation at the conference
"To fulfill these rights" : non-Moynihanian
Conclusions and implications
The government's response to the report : Agenda paper no. V. : The family : resources for change- planning session for the White House conference "To fulfill these rights" / Hylan Lewis
Is there a "breakdown" of the Negro family? / Elizabeth Herzog
Family structure and employment problems / Harold L. Sheppard and Herbert E. Striner
The response of the White House press and a rejoinder : President talks frankly to Negroes / Mary McGrory
Drive for Negro family stability spurred by White House / John D. Pomfret
Inside report : the Moynihan report / Rowland Evans and Robert Novak
Report focuses on Negro family / John Herbers
Family report sparks debate / Jean M. White
Inside report : civil rights disaster / Rowland Evans and Robert Novak
A frustration on rights / John Herbers
A family policy for the nation / Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Reaction of civil rights leaders : New trends in civil rights / Benjamin F. Payton
An address / Martin Luther King, Jr.
Newspaper columns / James Farmer
Newspaper columns / Whitney Young
Why Don't Negroes ... / Bayard Rustin
Intellectual response to the report : Beware the day they change their minds / Charles E. Silberman
The Moynihan report / Christopher Jencks
The Negro family : reflections on the Moynihan report / Herbery J. Gans
Savage discovery : the Moynihan report / William Ryan
The Negro family and the Moynihan report / Laura Carper
In defense of the Negro family / Frank Riessman.