On an evening commute, Tye detects racism from another passenger's glance. In revenge, he decides to follow and confront the man. Tye's preconceived notion of race and sexuality are tested when he discovered that his younger brother is gay, and the victim is in fact his younger brother's lover.

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.