In 1963, two groups of young people, inspired by such ideals as Kennedy’s Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country , train as teachers and nurses. As they make their way along their own ‘road to freedom’, the events of those years affect their determination to create a better educated, culturally aware, politically conscious, morally alert and more tolerant country. The students experience the changes that shape events: Nelson Mandela in South Africa, Martin Luther King in the United States, politicians, religious leaders and cultural icons throughout the world.