The Moynihan report and research on the black community

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 621, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-46

  Wilson, William Julius ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Inequality; Poverty; Race; Single parent families; The Negro Family

Indexed keywords

EID: 57949085378     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208324625     Document Type: Article

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