government reports

Statement by Martin H. Gerry, Director, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, excerpts

In 1977, the New York City Board of Education was the focus of the “largest civil rights investigation of a public educational institution ever undertaken.

Real Message of the Moynihan Report

No single civil rights organization represents all Black Americans.

The Controversial Moynihan Report

The Black press provided a space for Black thinkers to challenge ideas that were getting attention in white newspapers and other media.

The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, excerpt

The Negro Family: A Case for National Action (excerpt) Daniel Patrick Moynihan Office of Policy Planning and Research United States Department of Labor March 1965