Ten-year-old Tracy F. lived in Memphis, Tennessee in the year of 1968. Unlike most children today, Tracy would go outside and play games such as kick the can or hide and seek, since there weren’t any electronics or computers at the time. On Saturdays, Tracy would spend almost all day outside on her bike, only coming inside to eat lunch and dinner. When the weekend was over, Tracy attended a neighborhood school like everyone else her age. She would either walk or ride her bike to school since there were no school buses. School for Tracy was especially different from today’s schools, because her school was segregated. After school was over for the day, Tracy would go home to a housekeeper who would stay with her at the house until Tracy’s mother came home from work. After doing homework, Tracy would help her mother with dinner, eat dinner, and watch television, which was black and white and had only four channels, and then go to bed. This was a typical day for Tracy in 1968; however, Tracy’s life would change significantly after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968. The city broke out into chaos with riots in the streets. Tracy’s house was not peaceful either, with her mother being anxious for their safety staying at their home and her grandfather, a Memphis police officer, getting called in and not returning until a week later. Being only ten years old, Tracy did not know what to think of Martin Luther King Jr. and was frightened with her mother being so nervous. Soon after the assassination was aired on the news, Tracy's mother had them pack up and go to stay over at a friend's house for a while until things settled down. Since there were riots on the streets, it was potentially dangerous for Tracy to go out and play. Inside the house, they spent days watching the television concernedly and fearfully, keeping up with the news. For days, life in Memphis was like this. There would rarely be people hanging around outside, especially with the citywide curfew. After things had settled down, life gradually changed over the years for Tracy. Memphis schools were ordered to end segregation, allowing the black and white people to attend school together. Tracy's parents transferred her from her neighborhood school that she had been going to for her entire life to a private school. Though some attitudes may have changed, Tracy did not see real change until years later. Since Tracy had been so young, she did not know much about Martin Luther King Jr. Now, she believes that King was a man that wanted each person to be treated with respect and to not be judged for the color of his or her skin.