I interviewed Miss Ann, who was 21 in 1968 which was the year that Martin Luther King was killed in Memphis, Tennessee. Miss Ann lived in Memphis, Tennessee over in the area of Rhodes College, which was a very nice area in the 1960s. Miss Ann stated that there was a lot of stress and unrest in Memphis at this time due to the garbage strike that was going on. The garbage strike was period of time when all garbage workers in Memphis went on strike and wouldn't pick up people's trash because they felt that they weren't being payed enough money. This made the city of Memphis very dirty and nasty because garbage was being left in the street and the workers wouldn't pick it up. Tensions were already running high in the city. Miss Ann went to school at the University of Memphis. Her typical schedule consisted of riding the bus to school and then going straight to work afterwards. She would then go home, have dinner, do her homework and go to bed. Miss Ann states that life is more different today than it was back then because back in the 1960s, kids were working and driving at a younger age than nowadays. Miss Ann remembers the day that King was killed very well. She was sitting at dinner with her dad at a restaurant similar to the Dixie Cafe. There was a small TV in the back of the room and suddenly, a flash came across the TV. The flash said that King had been killed and with that, the whole restaurant was silent. She said you could have heard a piece of paper hit the floor. The streets were basically empty the rest of the day in Memphis. Miss Ann said that there was a sense of illness in Memphis and the National Guard was there so not many people came out of their homes. The next day, Miss Ann's school was going crazy because of the shooting the day before. One thing that most people don't know is that Memphis was covered in snow the following three weeks which was odd because this happened in April. Miss Ann feels certain that God sent that snow as a way to ease tensions and start the healing process in our city. It was all anyone could talk about. Their was an air of uncertainty that fell over Memphis the following days. Miss Ann had never even heard of King before he was killed but after he died, she had a sense of admiration for him because of his beliefs. Miss Ann did say that people's attitudes did change because they realized that he was shot unnecessarily. Miss Ann obviously didn't support King being killed, but she believes that good did come from his death because this opened the world's eyes, stating that race shouldn't ever be a factor in life and everyone was created equal!