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sep 1, 1968 - Action for Children's Television Founded

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Peggy Charren and local mothers founded ACT in Massachusetts after becoming alarmed by Saturday morning TV commercialization, initiating a decades-long grassroots legal battle that successfully reshaped children's media.

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sep 1, 1968
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~ 57 years ago