Set in late March 1964, Chapter 24 highlights the experience of college students who come to St. Augustine over Easter Break to participate in the first wave of activism in the city sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The students are oriented to the plight of Black people in the city, first by Dr. Robert Hayling, who has now joined forces with the SCLC. St. Augustine Mayor Joseph Shelley tries to orchestrate a public relations campaign to influence the views of the students, but for the most part they are not persuaded by the mayor’s claims of racial harmony. Living with Black hosts in Lincolnville, the northern students see the inequities baked into Black life in the city. Ultimately, a number of northern students, including Amherst’s Marshall Bloom, are arrested for participating in downtown protests and spend time in the St. Johns County Jail.