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. Air Date : 7th-Feb-2000

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. Air Date : 14th-Mar-1999  Read More

A Russian Jewish immigrant girl lives with her family in a tenement on the Lower East Side. She strives to learn English and pursue her dream of acting. Air Date : 1st-Apr-1999  Read More

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. Air Date : 6th-May-1999  Read More

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. Air Date : 12th-Sep-1999  Read More

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. Air Date : 2nd-Oct-1999  Read More

During the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA. Air Date : 6th-Nov-1999  Read More

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. Air Date : 7th-Feb-2000  Read More

In this fictional account of Texan history, a young pioneer girl writes in her diary of the fight for freedom against the Mexicans. Air Date : 10th-Apr-2000  Read More

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. Air Date : 5th-Jul-2000  Read More