The Century: America's Time

1x10 1960-1964: Poisoned Dreams

Air Date: 1999-04-22

Runtime: 44 minutes

Overview: Beset by both international and domestic pressures, America during the Camelot years was swiftly approaching a political-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 segregationist hard-liners, which resulted in the Birmingham riots and the freedom march on Washington.