30K views · 626 reactions | From the Greek words meaning “well” and “born,” eugenics was the name given in 1883 to a new “science” through which human beings might control their own evolution. By the 1920s, it was a powerful movement for social control. Watch THE EUGENICS CRUSADE, streaming now online and on the PBS app → https://to.pbs.org/2J0AyXn | American Experience | PBS | Facebook