1964
The pivotal year that essentially ushered in the true 1960s is explored.
Overview
1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi. It was the year when Berkeley students rose up in protest, African Americans fought back against injustice in Harlem, and Barry Goldwater’s conservative revolution took over the Republican Party. In myriad ways, 1964 was the year when Americans faced choices: between the liberalism of Lyndon Johnson or Barry Goldwater’s grassroots conservatism, between support for the civil rights movement or opposition to it, between an embrace of the emerging counterculture or a defense of traditional values.
Director
Stephen Ives
Top Cast
Oliver Platt
Narrator (voice)
Stephanie Coontz
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Rick Perlstein
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Jann Wenner
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Dan T. Carter
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Robert Caro
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Lee Edwards
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Richard Viguerie
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Phyllis Schlafly
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Susan J. Douglas
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