The Eugenics Crusade
American Experience · Season 30 · Episode 9
The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.
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Season
30
Episode
9
Air Date
16/Oct/2018
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
55 min
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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.
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