It is 1880 when the widow Sarah McAllfry is approached by the son of a former slave who asks her to teach him in her all white schoolhouse. As a cold resolve claims Sarah, she decides that education is a right for every citizen in a post-Civil War world and ushers little Henry Jackson to a seat in her classroom, all while knowing there will surely be repercussions for her actions. Two days after, Sarah is promptly fi red, and the Klu Klux Klan...