A Black lawyer must come to grip with his prejudices after falling in love with a White woman while simultaneously defending a Black teenager who has been wrongfully accused of drugging and raping his White girlfriend.
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
After a teenager's friends die in an accident, he finds running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him notoriety. He is caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.