I interviewed Mrs. Garabaldi. She was eighteen years old when MLK died. She lived in Midtown and attended ICCS school, which was an all girl school. She said that Memphis population was not nearly as big as it is now. Also she said that African Americans lived below poverty level. She said there was a lot of racial tension in Memphis. She said that the night King died she was helping her mom set the table for dinner. She said it was very saddening and that she never wanted anything to happen to him. She said her parent were very shocked too. She said "I knew that I didn't have the same emotional and mental effect on me as it did the African Americans in the community." She said the the night after he died her parents wouldn't let her out of the house. Riots were breaking out all along the streets of Memphis. She said that her parents wouldn't let her leave the house until things died down. The things she remembers of King before he died was that he had a good heart and truly wanted his people to experience equality. She said she thinks through his movements and even in death he accomplished so much to bring everyone together and not be divided by race. She thinks he would be proud he started the movement the now allows everyone to coexist our jobs, schools, friendships, etc. She said "after his death it took many years for things to start to change There was still racial tension and amosite between African Americans and whites. I do think that people began to change their attitudes, it was just a slow process."