Dear America
Season 1 Episode 9 - Color Me Dark
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.
Subtitles: English
Directed by:Helaine Head
Season 1
S01:E01 - Standing in the Light
Captured by a Native tribe, a young Quaker girl falls in love with a handsome warrior and wonders if she will be able to return to her old life.
S01:E02 - A Journey to the New World
Mem has just arrived in the New World. With the help of the American Native Squanto, she endures her first year at Plymouth Colony.
S01:E03 - A Picture of Freedom
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.
S01:E04 - So Far From Home
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.
S01:E05 - Dreams in a Golden Country
A Russian-Jewish immigrant girl lives with her family in a tenement on the Lower East Side. She strives to learn English and become an actress.
S01:E06 - The Winter of the Red Snow
During the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA.
S01:E07 - A Line in the Sand
In this fictional account of Texas history, a young pioneer girl writes in her diary of the fight for freedom against the Mexicans.
S01:E08 - When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
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.
S01:E09 - Color Me Dark
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.
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