Influenced by Elkins, Moynihan suggested that slavery--and the barriers to male employment imposed by Jim Crow--had instilled in African-American culture such recurring features as broken families and illegitimacy.
Moynihan thinks that the culture problems of African American can all be traced back to slavery.
mnli hypothesis: Moynihan thinks that the culture problems of African American can all be traced back to slavery. premise: Influenced by Elkins, Moynihan suggested that slavery--and the barriers to male employment imposed by Jim Crow--had instilled in African-American culture such recurring features as broken families and illegitimacy.