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Season 30 Episode 11 | 1h 53m 12s Video has closed captioning.
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.
Aired: 10/16/18
Expires: 10/16/21
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