Courageous is a story loosely based on the life of Avon "Flubber" Johnson Sr. In this story a young man from the streets of Baltimore is raised by a single mother and a family of proud hard working Carolina folk who have a lot of Faith and Pride. As he begins to stray away from the public school system at an early age, Flubber finds himself very much attracted to the street life of robbing, stealing, and drug dealing. He recruits a group of life long friends who take the journey with him as he becomes a notorious drug dealer and a infamous gangster with an uncontrollable drug addiction. After falling on hard times and hitting rock bottom, Flubber acquires a life-threatening disease that will cause him to deal with life ... ... on life's terms.