The Sixties

1. S01E01Television Comes of Age (1960 - 1969)May 29, 2014—Americans gathered around “the tube,” to be informed and entertained by the news, The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, I Dream of Jeannie, Rowan
2. S01E02The World on the Brink (1960 – 1963)June 5, 2014—The heady days of Camelot were clouded by the political and military tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Marvin Kalb, Richard Reeves,
3. S01E03The Assassination of Kennedy (1963 - 1969)June 12, 2014—A documentary examining the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. Included: a look at the conclusions drawn from the
4. S01E04The War in Vietnam (1961 – 1968)June 19, 2014—From just several hundred advisors at the start of the decade, to more than 550,000 American troops by the end of it, the escalation of the
5. S01E05A Long March to Freedom (1960 – 1968)June 26, 2014—Selma, Birmingham, and the March on Washington are reexamined by eyewitnesses to history. Diane Nash, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, U.S. Rep. Eleano
6. S01E06The British Invasion (1964 - 1967)July 10, 2014—Clips of performances by British bands of the 1960s, including Manfred Mann, the Animals, Peter and Gordon, Joe Cocker, Traffic, Procol Haru
7. S01E07The Space Race (1960 – 1969)July 17, 2014—Astronaut and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Mike Massimino and Dave Scott, and Walter Issacson, Douglas Brinkle
8. S01E081968 (1968)July 24, 2014—Tom Hayden, Gloria Steinem, Lance Morrow, Evan Thomas, Dan Rather, Morley Safer, Tim Naftali, and Mark Kurlansky discuss how one of the most
9. S01E09The Times, They Are A-Changin’ (1960 – 1969)July 31, 2014—Gloria Steinem, Robert Kennedy, Jr., former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, Cecile Richards, Marlo Thomas, Douglas Brinkley, and Gail Collins discus
10. S01E10Sex, Drugs, and Rock N’ Roll (1960 – 1969)August 7, 2014—American culture changed fundamentally from the beginning to the end of the 1960s as the tastes, morals, and politics of the Baby Boomer gen

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