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Palmerstown, U.S.A.

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Genre
  
Drama

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
20 March 1980

Network
  
CBS

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Also known as
  
Palmerstown

Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
2

Final episode date
  
9 June 1981

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Starring
  
Jonelle Allen Bill Duke Star-Shemah Bobatoon Jermain Hodge Johnson Beeson Carroll Janice St. John Michael J. Fox Brian Godfrey Wilson Kenneth White Iris Korn (1981)

Cast
  
Michael J Fox, Bill Duke, Jonelle Allen, Louis Gossett Jr, Beeson Carroll

Palmerstown, U.S.A. (shortened to Palmerstown in March 1981) is a television drama series that aired on CBS from March 20, 1980 to June 9, 1981. It was produced by Norman Lear and Alex Haley, whose childhood was the basis for the series. It tells the story of two nine-year-old boys in the rural Southern community of Palmerstown who become best friends during the Great Depression, despite one being black and the other being white.

Cast

  • Jonelle Allen as Bessie Freeman
  • Bill Duke as Luther Freeman
  • Star-Shemah Bobatoon as Diana Freeman
  • Jermain Hodge Johnson as Booker T. Freeman
  • Beeson Carroll as W.D. Hall
  • Janice St. John as Coralee Hall
  • Michael J. Fox as Willy-Joe Hall
  • Brian Godfrey Wilson as David Hall
  • Kenneth White as The Sheriff
  • Iris Korn as Widder Brown (1981)

    • References

    Palmerstown, U.S.A. Wikipedia
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