The person that I interviewed for my MLK project was my grandmother, Faye A. She was 30 years old in the year of 1968, living with her husband and 4 kids in a small house off of Farm Road in Memphis. Life in 1968 seemed to be much slower than life now, since there was a lot less technology and a lot less danger or threats. A typical day for my grandmother consisted of taking care of her kids with school and managing her work life. She describes her life now as "slow" and containing less action than it used to since her kids have all grown up and moved out. The night Dr. King was assassinated was very sad for her. She did not hear about the assassination until she returned home from work. The city is described as quiet, she believes this is because the police issued a curfew around Memphis. The majority of people sat around their televisions trying to receive information of the event. My grandmother has a kind heart, so she felt very sad for the family of Dr. King and for the people of Memphis that looked up to him. The night after Dr. King was shot, my grandmother remembers hearing of a bunch of people of all different races coming together and praying for one another. A whole stadium full of people praying for each other. She was truly touched by this. She did not really know anything about Dr. King before his death, but when she heard his speeches and heard all about him after his death, she admired the way he talked as if he wasn't going to live much longer. How he may not "reach the mountain peak." My grandmother saw Dr. King as a very brave man. She noticed that after his death, black and white people definitely made an effort to get along. They tried to settle many differences and she respected them for that. My grandmother thanks Dr. King because she believes that he is the reason that today, our country is more racially unified.