“People tend to think that eugenics was a doctrine that originated with the Nazis, that it was grounded in wild claims that were far outside the scientific mainstream. Both of those impressions are fundamentally not true.” Get a sneak peek at THE EUGENICS CRUSADE, premiering on PBS October 16 at 9/8c → to.pbs.org/2yuzo1c | American Experience | PBS

Charles Davenport believed that selective breeding could transform the human race. He took his mission seriously and recommended widespread eugenics education, strict immigration laws, and forced surgical sterilization of “defective” persons. THE EUGENICS CRUSADE premieres on PBS Oct. 16 → to.pbs.org/2xYh4y9 | American Experience | PBS