James T. Patterson

Ford Foundation Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University and the author of Freedom Is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report and America’s Struggle Over Black Family Life from LBJ to Obama.

James T. Patterson appears in the following:

'Eve of Destruction': How 1965 Transformed American History

Monday, December 03, 2012

The year of 1965 marked a turning point in American history, as the War in Vietnam escalated, Malcom X was assassinated, and the Civil Rights coalition began to fracture. Brown Univer...

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Moynihan Report Still a Source of Controversy

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The Moynihan Report is a source of tremendous controversy to this day, with many arguing that it offers little more than an implicitly racist "blame the victim" critique, and many oth...

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