Free at Last
- Now for Part III: Ending.
- Meridian is walking in a funeral procession through Atlanta. Based on the date, this seems to be Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral.
- Although the mood starts somber, the procession seems more like a parade—food vendors pop up along the route and people begin singing and laughing. A nearby kid says that this joviality in the face of death is a "black characteristic" (3.26.8).