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FIFTY: The Stars, the States, and the Stories

Mississippi: Boll Weevil and the Blues

Chester Arthur Burnett left his mother’s home in the Mississippi Delta because he had had enough. His self-righteous and downright mean uncle caught him humming a tune that he had overheard one of the sharecroppers singing — and he called it “the devil’s music.” Chester knew it wasn’t the devil’s music, and he wanted to know more about what this music really was. So he went barefoot nearly a hundred miles to his father’s home where he met two men that would introduce him to this music — and his own destiny.

33 MINUTES

FIFTY: The Stars, the States, and the Stories

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FIFTY: The Stars, the States, and the Stories

Delaware: People Like Me

In this story based in Delaware, we learn about the American Experiment through the experience of ordinary citizens who do extraordinary things.

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29 MINUTES
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FIFTY: The Stars, the States, and the Stories

Pennsylvania: Three Men and a Bell

In this story based in Pennsylvania, we learn about the American Experiment through the experience of ordinary citizens who do extraordinary things.

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31 MINUTES
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FIFTY: The Stars, the States, and the Stories

New Jersey: Miss Barton’s Free School

In this story based in New Jersey, we learn about the American Experiment through the experience of ordinary citizens who do extraordinary things.

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16 MINUTES
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