The plot is based on a real case of a Ribbon of life is still quite young lawyer Marshall Terguda, long before his appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States. While the country was about to enter the second world War, being on the verge of bankruptcy, the National Association for the advancement of colored people sends Marshall conservative Connecticut to the lawyer made black chauffeur accused his employer-a rich socialite-in sexual assault and attempted murder.
Associated orders segregational Court Marshall, whose career desperately needed in loud victory starts cooperation with Samuel Friedman-young Jewish lawyer, has not yet turned into a try yourself in the court case. However, Marshall and Friedman are starting to struggle against fear and prejudice, seeking to discover the truth in the scandalous trial that will lay the Foundation of the civil rights movement.