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2) The Sixties
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As the sun set on the 1950s, America found new approaches to leadership in John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. As this program shows, the East Coast blue blood and the rough-and-tumble Texan could not have been more different, yet each embraced FDR's legacy and sought to reshape his New Deal into a modern vision. Each knew triumph and failure; Kennedy's life ended in tragedy and Johnson's "Great Society" could not keep pace with the radicalism of...
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Historian and author of A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn presents a critical view of American politics. In this sixth episode, Zinn discusses the 1960s protest movements and compares them with today's more muted protests; both are part of an ongoing American history of rebellion by the oppressed. Zinn addresses the United States international role and its support. The power of ordinary people to organize can bring about great change...
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This Academy Award-nominated documentary interweaves the memories of 15 former student leaders, who grapple with the meaning of their actions at U.C. Berkeley. Their recollections are interwoven with footage culled from thousands of historical clips and hundreds of interviews. Ronald Reagan, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mario Savio, Huey Newton, Allen Ginsburg, and the music of Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez and the Grateful Dead all...
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