October 8, 2018 / Modified oct 11, 2018 6:44 a.m.

American Experience: The Eugenics Crusade

Uncover the story of the largely unknown campaign to breed a "better" American race.

Learn 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.

American Experience: The Eugenics Crusade, Monday and Tuesday at 9 p.m. on PBS 6.

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