CIAO DATE: 6/5/2006

American Dilemma: Problems of Race Still Cry to Be Solved

James Q. Wilson

December 2005

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Abstract

Conservatives and others need to take a hard look at what the civil rights revolution has produced. Many blacks have made striking gains. But the extraordinary efforts of government, private enterprise, and educators have not stemmed the rise of single-parent black families and the problems associated with those families. Data from New Orleans provides some evidence of the problems that remain.

 

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