DOC: 1964- A Pivotal Year in History

[Frank W. Baker]

It was the year The Beatles came to America and Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali; the year Barry Goldwater’s conservative revolution took over the Republican Party and three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi; the year that cities across the country erupted in violence and Americans tried to make sense of the assassination of their president. PBS presents  1964  (original airdate January 14) and you can follow @AmExperiencePBS on Twitter and join the conversation using #AmericanExperience