ID #:
142
Film Type:
DVD
Release Date:
1999
Color or BW:
Color and B&W
Description:
Beset by both international and domestic pressures, America during the Camelot years was swiftly approaching a politcal-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 segregations hard-liners, which resulted in the Birmingham riots and the freedom march on Washington, D.C.
Keywords:
Birmingham riots, civil rights activists, Cuba, D.C., freedom march on Washington, Political-cultural meltdown, segregationist hard-liners, Vietnam
Notes:
10 of comprehensive 15-part retrospective, achored by Peter Jennings.