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The six-part series features gripping first-hand accounts of how the year's events came together at the same dizzying, chaotic time.
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Episode 1
The six-part series features gripping first-hand accounts of how the year's events came together at the same dizzying, chaotic time.
In July 1969 when Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins traveled to the moon and planted the American flag on the lunar surface, it brought the nation and the world together. Though the billions spent on the moon shot were controversial, especially among civil rights leaders, it would make America the world leader in technology.
Two women describe the journeys that led each of them to join the so-called "Manson Family."
The story of Mary Jo Kopechne, who died in a car accident traveling with Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Former Black Panther Party members give accounts of how their party became so influential in 1969.
The youth movements that spurred the Woodstock music festival and Stonewall Uprising are recalled.
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