The Sixties

Television Comes of Age

39min - Dick and Tom Smothers, Carol Burnett and more describe how shows like “The Twilight Zone,” “The Fugitive” and “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” reflected the times.

The World on the Brink

40min - Marvin Kalb, Richard Reeves, Robert Dallek, Sergei Khrushchev and more explain how close the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis brought us to World War III.

The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

40min - The Warren Commission staff traces the events leading up to the assassination of President Kennedy and tries to explain why the tragedy remains controversial.

The War in Vietnam

40min - The Vietnam War brought social and political polarization at home; and because it was televised, the more Americans saw, the more unpopular it became.

A Long March to Freedom

40min - Selma, Birmingham, and the March on Washington are re-examined. Eyewitnesses to history give context to the lunch counter sit-ins, Freedom Rides, integration, and the Children's Crusade for the moral mission of the Civil Rights Movement.

The British Invasion

40min - Graham Nash, Smokey Robinson and more recall what it was like to make music that ultimately impacted everything from fashion to sexual mores to politics.

The Space Race

40min - Astronauts Charles Bolden, Mike Massimino, Dave Scott and others describe pushing the boundaries of exploration to an unprecedented frontier.

1968

40min - Tom Hayden and others discuss a dramatic year in US history, including a Soviet incursion, wars in Southeast Asia and the election of President Nixon.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

40min - Gloria Steinem, Robert Kennedy Jr., Marlo Thomas and others discuss how feminism, civil rights, environmentalism and the gay rights movements were fueled.

Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll

39min - American culture changed fundamentally in the 1960s as the tastes, morals and politics of the Baby Boomer generation redefined standards.

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