Margie L. was 32 years old in 1968 and married to Ralph Lawrence. She had 4 children, the youngest of whom was 18 months old. She lived in East Memphis on Messick Cove, a predominantly white suburb, and stayed at home taking care of her infant and ferrying the others to and from school. Her husband Ralph worked at the Associated Agency, a financial planning company that he had founded. She recalls that she and Ralph had moved to Memphis just recently, only a few years ago out of Nashville. Margie emphasized how nice the city was in the early years. It got awards for cleanness and quietness, as well as overall feel and quality of life. However she says that after the protests and later riots, nothing was the same. Margie recalls that she was dimly aware that King was coming to town and he was a civil rights activist. From what she had heard and read of him in the papers she liked the man, appreciating his drive for peace and equality. His appearance was delayed by temperamental Memphis weather, a snowstorm cropped up and his flight in was re routed. Martin Luther King Junior finally arrived and the protests began. On April fourth 1968 Margie L. was at home with her infant Jennifer while the other children were at school. A colored lady who kept house for a lady down the street came to Mrs. L. and breathlessly asked her if she could take her to her husband at his work because Martin Luther King Junior had been shot. Margie went back into her home, retrieved her infant daughter and loaded up in the car with the lady and Jennifer. They drove to the lady's husband's worksite and picked him up. Margie was about to drive the two of them home when a man told her it wasn't safe with the rioting in the couple's neighborhood to take an infant in. He called a taxi and the couple was taken to their home. That night was terrifying, bearing similarities to the events that took place in Ferguson, Missouri after the decision in the Michael Brown case was released. King's death had far-reaching impacts both in Memphis and on the civil rights movement as a whole. King's death sparked the riots. Because of the rioting Margie L. and other white residents of the city began to fear the black people. Black people became skeptical of white people due to King's shooting. The already polarized city only became even more so. Margie concluded by reiterating her firm opinion that Memphis hasn't been the same since King was shot, and everything fell to pieces.