In 1968, Jerry M. was a twenty-eight year old dentist, father, and husband living in Memphis. He thought of Memphis as a normal southern city with good BBQ, fun sporting events, and few political problems. He thought of Memphis as his small town home. Jerry would spend his days working in the dental office and would come home to play with his daughter and talk with his wife in the evenings. He sometimes would play golf with his friends on his days off. He had heard of Martin Luther King before King came to Memphis to help the sanitation workers. Jerry thought of King as a good guy and respected his way of protesting peacefully. When King was shot, Jerry felt a rush of different emotions. He became sad when he heard the news because the man who promoted peace and non-violence was killed in a violent way. He was afraid that people would respond with riots and violence. He was also hopeful that the person who killed King was not from Memphis. A curfew was placed after the shooting that restricted cars being on the streets after a certain time in the afternoon. Jerry's wife and child were out of town when all of this happened. He was leaving town to meet them when a policeman stopped him and searched his car before letting him continue his traveling. Today, Jerry looks back on this time period and sees how racial coexisting has improved since King's death.