Jeremy Simms watches from the porch of the general store as the weekly bus from Jackson comes through his town. His neighbor Stacey Logan and her brothers are there to see her grandfather off on a trip. Jeremys friend Josias Williams is taking the bus to a new job.  But Josias and the Logans are black, and in Mississippi in the 1930's black people cant ride the bus if that means there wont be enough room for white people. When several white passengers arrive at the last minute, the driver sends Josias and Stacey's grandfather off the bus. Then comes a terrifying moment that unites all the towns people in a night mare that will change their lives forever.