Dare Not Walk Alone reveals the untold history of the civil rights movement in the town of St. Augustine, FL. An escalating struggle against the racial establishment by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his non-violent protesters led to the battle to integrate one motel, culminating in a horrific incident in the motel’s pool in which the proprietor, James Brock, poured acid on a group of wading protesters. Photographs of the incident made front-page news around the world and led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the first piece of civil rights legislation.

More than 40 years later, several African-American teenagers in St. Augustine dream of a better life while trying to survive impossible home situations, failing schools, and an unfair criminal justice system. Their story reveals that when all is said and done, not much has changed. One of their escapes from these harsh realities is to turn to the world of Hip Hop, which they feel is their only voice in society.

Dare Not Walk Alone bridges the gap between the ideals of the Civil Rights generation and the new struggles of the Hip Hop generation.