UCL Americas seminar: Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and its Legacy

Shortly after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Daniel Patrick Moynihan authored a government report titled The Negro Family: A Case for National Action that captured the attention of President Lyndon Johnson. The report's central argument that poor families headed by single mothers inhibited African American progress touched off a heated controversy. The long-running dispute over Moynihan's conclusions changed how Americans talk about race, the family, and poverty. Learn more about this event here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/ia-events/archive/beyond_civil_rights To know more about the UCL Institute of the Americas MA in US Studies: History and Politics, please visit: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/graduate-study/masters/us-studies-ma