The Century: America's Time

Season 1 • Episode 10: 1960-1964: Poisoned Dreams • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 10: 1960-1964: Poisoned Dreams

April 22, 1999 • 44 min

Beset by both international and domestic pressures, America during the Camelot years was swiftly approaching a political-cultural meltdown. This program documents U.S. – Soviet conflicts of interest in Cuba and Vietnam and the growing polarization at home between civil rights activists and segregationist hard-liners, which resulted in the Birmingham riots and the freedom march on Washington.

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