Season 1 - Dear America (1999)

A Picture of Freedom
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March 14, 1999 • 30m

In the pre-Civil War South, a young slave girl secretly learns how to read and write. She determines to help and teach other slaves.

Dreams in the Golden Country
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April 1, 1999 • 30m

A Russian Jewish immigrant girl lives with her family in a tenement on the Lower East Side. She strives to learn English and pursu...Read more

A Journey to the New World
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May 6, 1999 • 30m

Mem, a 12-year-old Pilgrim, has just arrived in the New World. With the help of an American Indian, she endures her first year at Plymouth Colony.

Standing in the Light
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September 12, 1999 • 30m

A young Quaker girl captured by an Indian tribe falls in love with a handsome warrior and wonders if she will be able to return to her old life.

So Far From Home
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October 2, 1999 • 30m

Mary, a teenage immigrant from Ireland, finds that working in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts is not what she'd envisioned as new life in America.

The Winter of Red Snow
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November 6, 1999 • 30m

During the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA.

Color Me Dark
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February 7, 2000 • 30m

A young African-American girl moves north with her family to Chicago -- the land of opportunity -- hoping to escape the racism of the rural south.

A Line in the Sand
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April 10, 2000 • 30m

In this fictional account of Texan history, a young pioneer girl writes in her diary of the fight for freedom against the Mexicans.

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
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July 5, 2000 • 30m

Living in the Confederate South during the Civil War, a young Confederate girl faces a dilemma when a Union soldier is injured at her doorstep.