MLK_Dream
Dianne is an intelligent, musically gifted Black high school senior raised by parents who fled the open brutality of Southern racism only to encounter its quieter, more polished form in the North. Taught to value faith, education, and hard work, Dianne walks a careful line between knowing her place and questioning why such places exist at all. She follows the rising voices of the Civil Rights Movement, draws strength from music, and struggles with the weight of expectations placed on her as a young Black woman in a divided country.
Sam is a white senior who has spent his life fitting neatly into a world that was designed for him. Surrounded by unspoken rules, social privilege, and family expectations, Sam has learned how to blend in and keep his questions to himself. His true refuge lies in science-fiction comics-stories that imagine futures where equality exists and differences are not threats. Though he has never felt hatred toward Black Americans, Sam has also never been asked to challenge the comfort his silence provides.
When Dianne and Sam's paths cross in the quiet corners of their school, a cautious friendship begins-one that must remain hidden from classmates, families, and a society not ready to accept it. As their bond deepens, both are forced to confront painful truths about loyalty, justice, and what it means to choose love in a world determined to divide them