In the 1940s during World War II, a mother, her two daughters, a young school teacher and a fourteen year old Japanese American fugitive from an internment camp are forced to leave the town of Jerome, Arkansas and flee to New York City. The journey for the two women and three young people is over 1200 miles of roads where African Americans aren’t allowed to sleep in most hotels, eat in most restaurants, use restroom facilities or purchase gas at many stations. It is a trip filled with danger, one that could prove to be a daunting experience, in which “driving while black” could mean the difference between life and death.