Sky Arte HD airs documentary on 1960s civil rights battles

Sky Arte HD is rebroadcasting the documentary series 'The Sixties,' which examines the pivotal decade of the 1960s through the lens of the United States. The episode airing Saturday, November 12, titled 'La marcia della libertà' (The Freedom March), focuses on the Civil Rights Movement from 1960 to 1969. It highlights key events such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, the Selma to Montgomery marches, the Freedom Summer, the rise and assassination of Malcolm X, and urban riots in Watts, Newark, and Detroit. The series underscores the era's struggles against racial discrimination and for women's emancipation, which also had significant cultural impacts.