In Junction 88, a small all-black community, pretty Lolly Simpkins loves gentle songwriter Buster Jenkins, who makes too little money to marry. Her father favors rival suitor Onnie, crude but with a better income. Buster`s best chance comes when impresario Bob Howard, to whom he`s sent songs, comes to town looking for him. But Bob is looking for a pseudonym, `Hewlett Green`, that nobody`s ever heard of. Will Buster reveal himself? Meanwhile, a very jazzy church concert.