On April 4, 1968 Janice A. was 24 years old and living in Memphis, TN on Highland Street in what she considered to be a very safe, upscale neighborhood. During the time of the 1960’s, Janice considered Memphis to be a very clean and safe city, the economy was good, and she thought it was a good place to live overall. She said, “In the 1960’s, there were more churches than there were gas stations.” In 1968 Janice had a good job at Delta airlines receiving good pay. She was married to her husband, Charles, and she had a 3-year-old child, Cheri. A typical day for her was waking up and going to work or depending on the day she sometimes would have to work night shifts. She then came home and had dinner with her family. Today she is a 70-year-old widow, but she now has 2 children and 4 grandchildren that live in Memphis also. She retired from Delta in 2000 and currently works with her son in his business. She said that people’s work ethic has gotten worse since 1968. She said, “People now a days want more, but do less.” On the day Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated Janice said that people in the city had a lot of anxiety about his coming to town because they had a fear of uprisings and it made racial tension increase. She said it wasn’t different than any other day, everything seemed normal in her life. She felt a bit fearful of his coming to town, but she hoped it wouldn’t cause trouble and problems in the city of Memphis. She was at home with her husband and daughter when she found out about his assassination. She reacted with fear of trouble arising in the city. She said that things did change throughout the night, African Americans in the city became very, the police tried to put the city on lockdown to contain people, and a curfew was also put out and people couldn’t be out on the streets after a certain time without a good reason. The night Martin Luther King, Jr. died Janice stayed at home the entire night with her family and watched the news and listened to the radio about what was going on. She said the city was very chaotic and filled with angry and mourning people that night. She said the police were also doing the best they could to keep the city on lockdown to prevent increased chaos. Janice didn’t really have an opinion of Martin Luther King, Jr. before is death. She had just heard that he claimed to be a peaceful man but wherever he went trouble followed him. Even after his death she still didn’t have an opinion of him, but she felt bad that he lost his life and she was upset with all the unrest that was caused in the city of Memphis. Janice said that life did change after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. She said that racial tension was increased not only in Memphis but also all over the country. It also made relationships between black and white people more difficult. She did believe that people’s attitudes were changed after his death. She thought that African American’s attitudes changed by becoming angrier and their attitudes towards white people became more negative. In conclusion, the life of Janice A. was affected by the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. and our country was changed forever.