Book contents
- Original City, Original Sin
- Reviews
- Original City, Original Sin
- Copyright page
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Contents
- Cast of Characters, 1963–64
- Introduction: The Story behind the Story
- Part IThe Ever-Present Past
- Part IIFrom Back to School to Burning Crosses
- Part IIITragedy in American History
- Part IVThe Hard Goodbye that Proves Impossible
- Part VThe First Wave Crashes into St. Augustine
- Part VIExtraordinarily Harrowed
- 27True Conditions
- 28Private Accommodations
- 29American Conscience
- 30Shattered Reflection
- 31Young v. Davis
- 32Southern Hospitality
- 33We Meet Again – Almost
- 34Three Days, Three Stories
- 35The One–Two Nonviolent Punch
- Part VIIThe Pen vS. the Sword
- Epilogue: What Must Be Remembered
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Newspaper Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
34 - Three Days, Three Stories
June 15–17, 1964 (St. Augustine)
from Part VI - Extraordinarily Harrowed
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2026
Book contents
- Original City, Original Sin
- Reviews
- Original City, Original Sin
- Copyright page
- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Contents
- Cast of Characters, 1963–64
- Introduction: The Story behind the Story
- Part IThe Ever-Present Past
- Part IIFrom Back to School to Burning Crosses
- Part IIITragedy in American History
- Part IVThe Hard Goodbye that Proves Impossible
- Part VThe First Wave Crashes into St. Augustine
- Part VIExtraordinarily Harrowed
- 27True Conditions
- 28Private Accommodations
- 29American Conscience
- 30Shattered Reflection
- 31Young v. Davis
- 32Southern Hospitality
- 33We Meet Again – Almost
- 34Three Days, Three Stories
- 35The One–Two Nonviolent Punch
- Part VIIThe Pen vS. the Sword
- Epilogue: What Must Be Remembered
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Newspaper Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
Summary
This chapter covers the dramatic time of June 15-17, 1964, by focusing on a trio of narratives.
The first, on June 15, focuses on the arrival of Jackie Robinson. He speaks to a packed house at the St. Paul AME Church and connects with Audrey Nell Edwards, inviting her and JoeAnn Anderson up to Connecticut for a few weeks in the summer.
The June 16 section deals with the Herbers family. John has promised a family vacation to the beach in Florida on the Gulf coast, but when the civil rights crisis deepens in St. Augustine, he drives there with his wife and daughters. When his identity as a reporter is discovered, white supremacists fire guns in the parking lot of the hotel where the family is staying. Terrified, the family drives back north, abruptly ending the vacation.
The section on June 17 focuses on Kathy Fentress, who is serving time in the St. Johns County Jail for her involvement with Dr. King and the protest at the Monson Motor Lodge on June 11. From her cell, she writes a profound letter to her hometown newspaper in Daytona Beach, explaining her rationale for submitting to arrest.
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- Original City, Original SinKing, the Klan, and the Fight for Civil Rights in St. Augustine, Florida, pp. 303 - 312Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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