Congressmen Aubrey Clayton announces himself as Michigan's first Black Gubernatorial Candidate during an elegant event at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel. However, the celebration of his announcement is disrupted by a team of well-rehearsed masked robbers who burst into the ballroom and rob the party-goers. Clayton's moment was ruined and he wants answer. he believes the robbery was engineered by whites for the purpose of derailing his campaign.