Prohibition

Ken Burns: The Prohibition Idea

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Ken Burns discusses Episode One of Prohibition, and what the United States was going through during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Aired: 10/02/11

Rating: NR

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Funding is provided by Bank of America; PBS; CPB; The National Endowment for the Humanities; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; members of the Better Angels Society, including the Montrone Family through The Penates Foundation; and Park Foundation, Inc.

Prohibition.

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