On the day of his assassination I was having my son's birthday party and my niece had gotten into a wreck so I was trying to get to the hospital but I couldn't because of curfew. In Memphis they were burning the black peoples businesses, it didn't really affect us in Southaven. Back then a typical day for me was staying at home to watch the kids, cooking, cleaning, while my husband was at work. The day of his assassination wasn't much different from any other day we heard on the news what was going on and nothing really seemed different because it didn't really affect me and my family, we just couldn't go to town for a couple of days because there was curfew. That night we stayed at home we didn't go to Memphis at all. I wasn't very familiar with The King I had only heard of him. My attitude didn't really change, I just thought he stirred up problems, and I didn't really like his speeches.