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.
However, the report\'s central argument that poor families headed by sin.
Responding to the demands of African American activists that the United States go Beyond Civil rights to secure economic justice, Moynihan thought his analysis of black families highlighted socioeconomic inequality.
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