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Premiered January 14, 2014
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Airs Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

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Premiering January 14, 2014. Chapter 1 of "1964" - the year that changed America.
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1964 Chapter 1

Airs Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
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Lyndon Johnson ran as a peace candidate while considering escalating conflict in Vietnam.
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Candidate Johnson Versus President Johnson on Vietnam

Racial profiling and the police killing of a black teenager set off riots in Harlem.
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Racial Profiling and the Harlem Riots

Popular sitcoms in the 1960s reflected societal concerns about women's changing roles.
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Television and Women's Power

The 1964 Civil Rights Act sought to dismantle legal and social segregation in the South.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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