A poor old widow, A young black kid, nobody cared about them until they cared enough to fight for each other.

Based on a novel by Robert Downs and 1980 television film that starred Bette Davis and Ernest Harden Jr., this play adaptation is about an elderly white widow named Estelle Malone who becomes a foster mother to an African American foster teen, B.T. Williamson for the support money. When Estelle gets evicted from her apartment, B.T. joins a boxing ring to raise money to support each other.