My Aunt Louise F. was at the age of 28 in 1968. She lived in Memphis Tennessee at 227 Market Mall in an integrated neighborhood. She was black but she was friends with a lot of white people and also talked to a lot of whites in this neighborhood. She was a stay at home wife to her husband. She also had kids in preschool at this time. The different she mentioned was that segregation was still there, but was about to come to an end when the death of MLK happened. She also remembers the day of the march because her father in law Clinton Burrews was actually one of the sanitation workers on strike. She said it was very hectic at this time. She said it was a very bad, hectic, and chaotic day when King was assassinated. She remembers buildings being burned and broken into. The National Guard came to the city along with many police officers. These men would try to calm the people down and told them to get indoors. Her husband had to walk to work because no buses were running when the incident happened and didn't run for a while after the incident. Curfews were enforced after this happened for everyone to ensure safety. She does not remember where she was when it happened, but thinks she was on her way to her mother's house. After the catastrophe, boycotts of businesses happened all around the city. More buildings were destroyed. Riots broke out shortly after the incident every day and more guns were involved to control people. Her emotions were basically disgust, anger, and sadness for her city. She could not believe someone would murder this man because of the color of his skin. She looked at King as a brave man who really believed in his rights and the rights of his people. The big thing she liked about King was the way he knew who to connect with and how to connect with them. After he died, he had predecessors and she also looked up to them. After his death, the city changed in many ways. Schools were not integrated after this in the city. Also, some restaurants and other establishments were not integrated anymore. One example of something that happened before but didn't after his death was Louise and her family no longer had to go to the back door to get their food at a restaurant. Some attitudes between both races changed. Some attitudes changed for the good and some for the bad. About a year after the incident with King there was still some racism just like their is today. Louise and her daughter were sitting in the second row of the bus and at a stop a white woman got on the bus and sat in front of them. The woman heard Louise' daughter laughing at something her mother had said and turned around to look and saw them both. The woman then got up and left the bus because she didn't want to be sitting anywhere near black people. The bus driver laughed and looked at Louise and said "that's the third bus she has missed today". Louise is just happy that such racism has cleared up today and will continue to get better.