About this season
The six-part series features gripping first-hand accounts of how the year's events came together at the same dizzying, chaotic time.
Episodes (6)
1. Moon Shot
Aired 23 April 2019 • 42 min
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.
2. Manson Girls
Aired 30 April 2019 • 42 min
Two women describe the journeys that led each of them to join the so-called "Manson Family."
3. The Girl in the Car
Aired 7 May 2019 • 42 min
The story of Mary Jo Kopechne, who died in a car accident traveling with Sen. Ted Kennedy.
4. The FBI and the Panther
Aired 14 May 2019 • 42 min
Former Black Panther Party members give accounts of how their party became so influential in 1969.
5. Generation Woodstock
Aired 21 May 2019 • 42 min
The youth movements that spurred the Woodstock music festival and Stonewall Uprising are recalled.
6. Fortunate Sons
Aired 28 May 2019 • 42 min