The only black family living in a small midwestern town at the turn of the century confront prejudice, as seen through the eyes of the young daughter.
A family takes in an abused girl and eventually decide to adopt her.
A young seminarian rattles the established order at a Catholic parish run by an older pastor.
Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board.
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.