The Century: America's Time

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1965-1970: Unpinned

Episode Synopsis

Riots and protests intensified in the U.S. as the war in Vietnam dragged on, with anti-war and civil rights activists seeking violent ways to agitate for peace and equality. This program presents the unrelenting rage that divided the nation during those perilous years, as the Watts race riots, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the Kent State killings made headline news.

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The Century: America's Time

1965-1970: Unpinned

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