The Historical Setting: World War II ended in 1945

Over a million Black men and women enlisted in the U.S. armed forces and served with distinction:

Tuskegee Airmen

761st Tank Battalion

Buffalo Soldiers

320th Barrage Balloon Battalion 

The military is segregated not by custom but by law. 

Blacks served under White officers 

In 1946, they boarded the transport ship home with only one thing on their mind: they were treated as heroes and respected, and for most it was the first time in their lives. What happens when they return home to Jim Crow in Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, and Chicago?